Weather: 34º C and Sunny First visit today was supposed to be the Visigothic museum. What a surprise we got on the way when we bumped into a festival/parade. We first heard some chanting, followed by a band playing and then applause. What we then saw was a religious statue, the type that we had seen in almost all of the churches we had visited, being carried through the streets and followed by some people. Each church in the area seemed to join in as they...

Weather: 35º C and Sunny Slept in this morning which was quite a surprise. Normally there is enough hotel or outside noise about 8am to wake us up – is was 9.30 this morning so we must have needed the rest. After breakfast our first stop was the cathedral. The site was first a Visigothic cathedral that was replaced by the Moors with a mosque. After the Christians regained control they replaced the church/mosque and built the cathedral, which took 270...

Weather: 35º C and Sunny with some cloud Mileage: 350 km; Total 4,265 kms Off to Toledo today after breakfast at our usual place. They recognised us at the restaurant today as we got the same breakfast we had the last 2 days. Oh, that’s right, they only serve coffee, orange juice and toast for breakfast – total €7. Back to the hotel to check out and get instructions for leaving town. We will follow the instructions from the hotel as t...

Weather: 35º C and Sunny But the other things we wanted to go to were not. Unfortunately we trusted the times printed in the travel guides we have for open hours and although they were the 2013 editions they were in error. It has not been that bad until today and in future we will check with the Tourist Information Centres; the ones we can find anyway. First off though we headed for our breakfast haunt full of confidence that we would find it without usi...

Weather: 39º C and Sunny Breakfast up the road. It was different – we sat down, were asked what type of coffee we wanted and if we wanted orange juice. Breakfast then arrived and included toast, butter and jams in addition to the coffee and OJ. Would have liked some Spanish omelette or a croissant but “asi es la vida”. Now off through the Jewish quarter to the Mezquita, the Cathedral of Cordoba. On the way we were hoping to go to a Synagog...