Wow! What an amazing place!We arrived yesterday afternoon and settled into our hotel for three nights. Sequestered in the old part of town with cobbled streets, beautiful but varied architecture and an atmosphere of conviviality and somehow tranquility . Our day began with a 15 minute walk from our hotel through newer parts of theContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Spain -Cordoba”
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Touring Western Europe -Spain-The Palace of El Escorial
Armed with the Renfe Cercanios Madrid network map I made another attempt at ascertaining what times these trains run and managed to find a Renfe page on line which appeared to be helpful. According to this there was a train from Sol Metro station to El Escorial at 39 minutes past the hour. The sunContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Spain-The Palace of El Escorial”
Touring Western Europe -Spain- El Retiro -The Best Park In The World!
“The Best Park in the World”As we reached our last day in Madrid and another train journey loomed, we left our Air BnB for our final afternoon under sunny skies and excitedly set off for El Retiro. We had discovered this oasis of activity and tranquillity on our last visit to Madrid and were eagerContinue reading “Touring Western Europe -Spain- El Retiro -The Best Park In The World!”
A Midlife Adventure 