Monday 11 April Paddington 4-20C Cloudy and rain We woke up at a leisurely hour this morning but before 9.30 as they finish serving breaky by then. After breakfast we walked to Paddington station to catch the underground to Waterloo as we wanted to go on the London Eye. When we were at Paddington station we bumped into 2 ladies who were on the tour with us. They're staying in a hotel just around the corner from us and they were heading off to Harrods. One o...

Sunday 10 April 26C - Madrid, 20C - London Our flight is at 12.35 today so we left for the airport just after 9 this morning.It is quite warm at this time of the morning so it'll be quite hot in Madrid this afternoon.Also, they don't turn on the air conditioners until July 1 so it seems warmer than it really is and it's also quite stuffy in the shops, restaurants, the airport etc.We boarded the plane and then had to wait on the runway for about 30 mins.We a...

Saturday 9 April 12-26C Sunny This morning we had a bit of a sleep in (8.15) as we don't have to be anywhere at a set time.It's the last morning of the tour and on the way to breakfast we saw some of our fellow travelers who are leaving Spain today to either head off to other destinations or home.After breakfast we went to find the post office to post some stuff back home.Well, we finally got back to the hotel….3 hours later!!And the post office was only...

Friday 8 April 10-26C This morning we went to Toledo, pronounced Tol-ay-do, which is an old walled city above the Tagus river and was made famous in El Greco's painting.It's like a great open air museum of Spanish history and art.Toledo is in La Mancha and has a population of 82,000.It's main produce is wheat, olive oil and wine.El Greco (his real name is Domenico el Achocor (spelling not correct)) lived half his life in Toledo arriving in 1877. He was comm...

Thursday 7 April 8-26C Sunny Started early again this morning….oh well 8.30 , which is early enough.Today we are going to Cordoba which is perhaps Spain's most Moorish city with a great mosque, the Mezquita(the Cathedral), one if Islam's most important pieces of architecture outside the Arab world.It has architectural grandeur that is jaw dropping.We walked around that for about 30 minutes and then went back into the street where we enjoyed looking at th...