Weather: 30º C and sunny (not a cloud in the sky) 10 minute walk into the old town and a much longer time looking for the information centre. It looked like one of the flower stalls in one of the plazas. Had to queue to go in it as it was only large enough for a few people. The door was controlled by the people inside. Got some maps, information and tickets for the hop-on/hop-off bus. You will know by now that we find these quite informative and helpful ...

Weather: 29º C and sunny (not a cloud in the sky) Mileage: 360 Km; Total 3,030 kms No, we are not in Toledo yet. Yes, we did go on a toll road. We made this decision after our visit to Tarragona on the way to Valencia. Our long search for the information centre (signage would help), lunch and walk around the Old (Roman) Town took longer than anticipated which was not a bad thing as it was all interesting. As we were being met by the owners at the apartme...

Weather: 23º C and sunny Today was the first day that we used the metro. Very easy system to use for us. There are at least 5 different metro lines in Barcelona. All of them went through the station we were using to get on and all of them went through the station that we wanted to get off, which was also the last stop for each line. Could hardly get it wrong. Typically with large cities the metro seemed to be a great system and inexpensive. Today we went ...

Weather: 23º C and sunny This morning we farewelled David and Lesley as they left for the train station and their high speed train trip to Madrid. They are staying in a great location very close to where we stayed. They have 3 days in Madrid before they join their tour of Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Morocco before heading for Ireland and Scotland. We then headed for the Sagrada Familia. You may recall that we tried to go there a couple of days ago b...

Weather: 20º C (18 at Montserrat) and sunny A hearty breakfast and off to the station for local trains for today we are off to Montserrat and the home of the "The little dark-skinned one" or “La Morenata” or “The Virgin of Montserrat” or “The Black Madonna” etc. Having researched (thanks Lesley) the ticket options that can be purchased at the station, we picked the one to Monistrol which connects with the Mountain Train ...