Blogs from Castile-La Mancha, Spain, Europe - page 4

With its cobblestone streets and medieval walls it is no wonder that the entire city of Toledo is declared a UNESCO world heritage site. For centuries, Christians, Muslims and Jews flourished in this city of three cultures and built an incredible display of churches, monasteries, mosques and fortresses. In addition, Toledo is known for its traditional crafts, including damascene metalwork antique swords and handmade marzipan (sweet almond pastries). With so much to see in Toledo, it feels ironic that our first stop was the bus station. We were thinking about taking day trip to Consuegra, Spain, to see the windmills and the Saffron festival. However, realizing that we would not have much time in Consuegra, we decided to skip the trip. Instead, we headed to Zocodover, the main square. With nothing planned, we decided to take ... read more

The flight was as usual - irritating things that make you wonder why you travel: the person in front fully reclines her seat the entertainment system isn't working so watching a movie meant if you were able to get one going part way through it flipped to a Korean action movie I had actually forgotten to download my series and movies to the micro chip for my tablet so I could rely on that if there were any problems Second flight must have been testing their refrigeration system out - luckily that was only a 3 hour flight Of course the last half hour I finally fell asleep. Went through the Madrid airport in a dazed fog. We arrived in Terminal 3 and walked to terminal 1 for the rental pick-up - I think I did ... read more

Devinez quoi? Je suis encore dans le train vers Barcelone ! Il est maintenant 11h36, on roule à 174 km/h (voyons… on va ben lentement!) et on arrive dans une heure. Ça fait 2 heures que j’écris et je n’ai toujours pas fini !!!! J’en avais des choses à raconter. Dernière journée à raconter, là ! Donc hier, 26 mai… on a fait un deuxième day trip de Madrid, à Tolède cette fois. On a bien cru que ce rendrait pas, en plus. On a fait la gaffe de pas réserver les billets de train d’avance, et une fois à la station de train, les machines ne marchaient pas. Il a donc fallu prendre un numéro et faire la file pour parler à quelqu’un… on a attendu plus d’une heure, manqué le train qu’on voulait et ... read more

The colour of the day is rust. The earth is as near to rust colour as you could wish to see as we travel closer to our two day stop at Toledo. Toledo is famous for knives and sword production. The Sheffield of Spain or should Sheffield be called the Toledo of Yorkshire. The weather was unbelievably hot as we left Teruel to travel to our campsite El Greco just outside of Toledo. It was hitting just over 30 by mid- day and staying that way without any respite. Even late into the evening it was still hot, hot , hot. We are heading for the hottest part of Spain Cordoba and will be there in a couple of days. We saw eagles soaring high above the fields and the roadsides are still a riot of ... read more

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