Life's about experiences. These are mine.
With just a morning left in Madrid, we decided to check out one of the museums here. Madrid is famous for its triangle of art museums, including the Prado but we knew that what that holds is not really for us. Therefore, we decided to visit the Reina Sofia, the museum of contemporary art, particularly …
Continue reading “Madrid 2023 – Day Four – Confusing Perspectives”
Having spent yesterday looking at the architecture of Madrid, today was spent in its parks. Before we could step out of the hotel though we had to prepare ourselves for the “Severe Weather” that was being predicted by our weather app. This included the slightly worrying “Possible threat to life or property”. Turned out that …
Continue reading “Madrid 2023 – Day Three – Changing of the Guard”
I have written before about how I love to be places but enjoy less the actual act of getting there. Today was a case in point. It took us over eight hours from leaving our house to arriving at the hotel in Madrid. Most of this time was us sat around twiddling our thumbs. Travel …
When you return to the same place a number of times it becomes increasingly difficult to find new sites to visit. While we did revisit some old favourites, such as the amazing Alcazar and the Spain Square, it is always good to try something new. We sort of stumbled upon the Pilate’s House which is …
Continue reading “Seville 2022 – Day Three – Where did you lot come from?”
A curious thing today. Nobody seemed to want us! We’d set out intendng to visit the beautiful Alcazar having failed to secure tickets online last night. That was an odd thing in itself. We had got quite a long way through the booking process when we were tripped up at the final hurdle. Despite selecting …
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I’ve been writing these travel posts for over 13 years now and this is the first time that I’ve written them after the event. All previous posts were written on the day and then published. This time is different as I’ve been unwell and really haven’t felt like doing them. So here they are a …
It has become progressively busier over the three days that we have been in Seville partly, we belatedly discovered, becuase yesterday was a regional holiday, Día de Andalucía, when the locals celebrate what little independence they have been granted from Madrid. It seems this localisum is an international thing with smaller and smaller areas looking …
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Seeing the queues outside the Real Alcazar yesterday we took the precaution of prebooking a slot for today. I’m glad that we did as it was busy both inside and out. Real Alcazar sounds like it should be a football team (at least I think so) in the same vein as Real Madrid and Real …
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Over breakfast this morning Helen and I were debating the weighty topic of whether to risk going out without a coat this morning. Our weather apps concurred that it was only eight degrees outside. Eight degrees in the UK in February is enough to send me running for my coat along with my hat and …
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A familiar response when I tell people that we are off on holiday is “again?” I am aware that we go away a reasonable amount and do plan our trips away a long time in advance but nevertheless it does always strike me as an odd response. This has come up a number of times …