Blogs from District of Madrid, Spain, Europe - page 7

Nous voici déjà rendus à la 3e journée. Le temps passe vite! Encore du froid et de la pluie aujourd'hui, ce qui est anormal pour les gens d'ici. On est transis, mais on continue quand même de visiter. Aujourd'hui, nous avons plutôt visité les monuments, les super belles places, mais c'est bien difficile de prendre des photos. De plus, il y a un monde fou! Imaginez-vous que c'est une longue fin de semaine car demain ils célèbrent la Fête du travail (congé férié). Espérons qu'on pourra avoir l'auto! J'imagine que oui, je ne m'en fais pas. Grâce à Danielle, je m'essaie avec les photos! C'était bien le fun de te parler Danielle! La première, une photo de nous deux prise devant le palais royal et la seconde, nous avons commandé une bière et des frites avec ... read more

My plan for setting my circadian rhythm to Madrid time is working so far. I had dinner around 10:30 and went to bed a little after midnight last night. I slept in, but my hotel serves breakfast until noon, so I was OK there! Today I have been enjoying several of the things that Madrid has to offer on a pleasant spring Sunday. First of all, today was the running of the Madrid Marathon and I happened to be out near the start of it (see photo). I walked to the National Archeological Museum (free on Sundays) and spent more time than I planned looking through the exhibits. It is an excellent museum with appropriate emphasis on the Iberian peninsula. It traces man's habitation from the time of the cave-dwellers to the time of Napoleon. Afterward ... read more

Happy Tuesday I have been so busy with school and getting everything together for Jonny, haven't even had a chance to update here. He arrived Thursday afternoon around one and it was such a beautiful day!!! He was tired immediately. Jet Lag is so real. It always hits at some point, and unfortunately for him it hit when it was absolutely gorgeous outside haha! I had originally wanted to go to Valencia, (south of Catalonia Barcelona) for a festival called "Las Fallas" which is supposed to be really cool and fun, but that didn't work out, things were too expensive, hostels were booked. So, when it was official that he was coming over here I planned the trip to Madrid. Madrid, the capital of Spain, includes some of the most authentic experiences of Spain. The huge ... read more

The plan was to go south to Tarragona. We had visited the city before and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, so Wendy the Navigator took on the task of finding a suitable campsite and she did this to the best of her ability. On leaving Blanes she entered the co-ordinates into the satnav and I was expecting a journey of nearly three hours. We were all astounded when the estimated journey time was a mere 20 minutes and on investigation it was discovered that Wendy had found a campsite on Tarragona Avenue in the next town 15km away. It was agreed that this was not ideal and a dramatic change of plan was required. Changing the plan dramatically brought forth very improved results. We ended up driving inland to the foothills of The Pyrenees and a small village ... read more

After our pleasant night we to our overnight stop which was going to be Desperadoes. Camping Los Desperrannos had been brilliant last week. Good plots, pleasant company but a touch expensive as ACSI rate had not kicked in. Today well it had changed and instead of over 25 euros a night we were down to a more pleasant 17. But what a difference a week makes. I want to continue singing 24 little hours but it does not quite fit. As we drove through the gate the site looked as empty as last week. It is back end of the short summer season here in Spain. The man on reception recognised me "You come back " he said . I smiled and said yes handing him our passports. He smiled at me " Your passports " ... read more