Wednesday 6 April 14-29C Sunny Wake up call at 6.30 again, groan.I asked mum if she enjoyed her flamenco night and she said it was just okay but other people who went loved it.Horses for courses l guess.We visited La Alhambra, a palace in Granada, built atop a mountain, famous for all the decorative work inside the building.It reminded me of lacework at restored and apparently this is quite a famous statue too and may people go there just to see the lions....

Tuesday 5 April Cool and cloudy We had to be up at 6.30 this morning and ready to leave at 8.After spending yesterday in bedl feel only slightly better.Mum's bought me some cough medicine and nose drops.Slept on the bus on the way to the Tia Pepe winery in the Jerez region where they make and import sherry.The soil is of clay so it's quite white but it gives the sherry that special taste.Had a guided tour of the winery and then some sherry tasting.I don't d...

Monday 4 April 14 - 20C Cloudy, rain Woke up this morning after a pretty restless night.Mum went down for breaky and brought some back for me but l don't feel much like eating.I'll get dressed and go find a chemist to buy some cough medicine ect.Mum has gone on the sightseeing tour so l hope she finds it interesting.I didn't end up finding a chemist as l stayed in bed all day.Mum came back around 2pm and we had a bite to eat.I think she enjoyed the tour ar...

Sunday 3 April 14 - 20C Cloudy, rain This morning was very misty which didn't lift until around 10.15 and the sun started to shine around midday.The landscape changed to cork trees, Seville orange trees, pigs and bulls.There are only 3 countries in the world that grow cork trees.Once the bark is stripped for the cork it takes 9 years for it to regenerate.They breed special pigs around this area for eating.The pigs have black hoofs and are smoked as part of...

Saturday 2 April 25C Cloudy Dinner last night was pretty ordinary....seafood paella (l had asparagus with lettuce and carrot), salad, chips, chicken cordon blue then custard for dessert. We were finished before 9.30 and in bed by 10.30. Up before 7 this morning and on our way to Segovia by 8.30. We enjoyed some scenery as we travelled to the edge of the Sierra de Guadarrama, a green oasis in the Castilian desert. There were lots of wind turbines and winer...