April 16, 1994 Breakfast at the Hotel Madrid consisted of 1 croissant, a hard roll, and crackers. The sky was clear, but it was cold and windy. We took the train to Toledo, 57 miles south-southwest of Madrid, and saw fields of red poppies enroute. At the train station, we were surprised to see a beer machine right next to the Coke machine. The town of Toledo, where Visigoth and Moorish conquerors ruled, was great. One of the first things we saw were stre...

S P A I N April 15, 1994 Madrid was chilly and cloudy. We had a couple of successes. We mastered the ATM machine and subway system. It was here that within one hour of our arrival, two men tried to pick Pat's pocket. They had his fanny pack unzipped. When I noticed them, they became scared and could not get off the train fast enough. We went to the train station to validate our Eurail passes. While there, we tried to make train reservations to Aveiro, Port...

EUROPEAN VACATION April 14, 1994 to August 17, 1994 April 14, 1994 After two years of planning and hundreds of hours of researching guidebooks and train schedules, we are ready. The day of leaving for a 6-month European adventure has come. I have made most of the details including hotel reservations, the booking of timeshares, purchases of Eurail Passes, health and accident insurance, small amounts of each foreign currency and planned a detailed itenerary. Pat...