Tuesday 29th March 22C Stumbled out of bed at 6.30 this morning for an 8.30 departure. We're heading north to Castellon to visit the Peniscola Castle. There's mile after mile of orange groves lining the sides of the road, like green carpet dotted with orange. The Valencian oranges are exported thorought the world. Peniscola Castle was built by the knights templar in the 14th century and it was really fantastic with some great viewing points. We had to wa...

Monday 28 March Valencia 24C Sunny Woke this morning at 9am and got to the restaurant just in time for breaky. After breaky we had time for personal sightseeing before our Blue Lagoon and dinner excursion at 3pm. We set off to try to find the silk markets but got sidetracked with a street market which was really good. We saw some humungous paella pans for sale. We saw the Mercado Central which is a building holding the central market and constructed bet...

Sunday 27 March Madrid 12C Valencia 21C Mostly overcast, a little rain, windy Arrrgh....6am, not happy!!!! We got up anyway and were away by 8am. Our first stop, the royal palace in Aranjuez is only about an hour away. It is the Spring residence of the Spanish monarchs from the reign of Philip II onwards, was remodeled and extended in the 18th century by Philip V, Ferdindnd VI and Charles III. Further projects undertaken by the Crown in the 19th century ...

Saturday 26 March 16C Sunny to cloudy Didn't wake up till 10.30 this morning, it was such a lovely sleep in. We were too late for the hotel breaky so we walked across the street and grabbed some eggs and bacon, a glass of juice and a coffee which cost around 14 euro for the both of us. Then for 1 euro we caught the bus down town to do a hop on hop off bus tour. Before the tour though we walked around and did a bit of shopping. I got pickpocketed but noti...

Friday 26 March 16C I wanted a good start this morning because we had to drive to the hire car drop off which l thought was gonna be a drama then l thought it would take ages to sign the car back in, then we had to catch the shuttle to the airport which l thought would take a while as well. Our flight leaves at 1.10pm and we have to be there 2 1/2 hours beforehand so l said to Mum last night we'll set the alarm for around 7ish so we can leave by 9. Well, l...