Palencia - on the way to Burgos
18 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
It turns out that just around the corner from our hotel in Valladolid is the best churreria in town, so churros and chocolate for breakfast was necessary. We were then going on the Burgos but went toЧитать далее
Salamanca to Valladolid
17 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
On the way to Valladolid we made a couple of detours, the first to see another castle which we did not expect to be open - but it was. Castillo la Mota was originally built in the 12C by the Moors butЧитать далее
Salamanca Sunday
16 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Visit this morning to the museum of art nouveau and Art Deco which is housed in a fabulous art nouveau palace overlooking the river. It was built by a wealthy industrialist as his home which he filledЧитать далее
Saturday afternoon
15 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
After lunch we took a break from sightseeing to track the Barnet football and GB Davis cup tennis. Not a good idea. When both matches were at 1 - 1 after tense play we went back into Salamanca toЧитать далее
Salamanca
15 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We have 2 full days in Salamanca so we decided to split our sightseeing into gentle bouts. This morning we crossed the Roman bridge into the centre of Salamanca and visited various buildings of theЧитать далее
Avila to salamanca
14 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We had a gentle morning in Avila and then set off for Salamanca. It's just a hour and a half away and the roads, as they have all been, were very good and empty of traffic. We have rented an apartmentЧитать далее
Avila
13 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Avila is worth the visit for its spectacular walls. Built in 1098 straight after the reconquest from the Muslims, to protect the city the walls totally enclose the whole city and are truly unique. WeЧитать далее
Food
13 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We have been eating far too much in our first few days, wanting to try the local specialties. Last night's dinner was spectacular. We ate at a restaurant on a terrace just outside the walls lit up byЧитать далее
Moving on to Avila
12 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We left Segovia this morning and took a detour to see a 15C castle an hour away in Coca. It was built in 1478 by an archbishop using Arab craftsmen and so much of it is Mudejar style with geometricЧитать далее
Segovia
11 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
We had a long lie in this morning and then spent the day exploring Segovia, which is a really nice compact city with lots of great buildings to see. It's greatest fame is the Roman aqueduct which wasЧитать далее
Getting ready
10 сентября 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
No problems with the journey , we even managed to arrived in Madrid airport with all our bags. We stopped in el Escorial for lunch and looked at the monastery/palace there. It's a huge, huge, buildingЧитать далее
Cake
13 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Instead of a conventional cake I made a banana cake and a pile of Finlay's favourite ginger cookies. They seemed to go down ok
Tractors and icecream
13 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Biplane
13 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Latest woodwork project.
Presents
13 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We spent most of the morning opening presents and playing with them , then went to a dairy farm outside Lincoln that renowned for its ice cream and has a little farm zoo and children's tractors toЧитать далее
Birthday morning
13 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Last day as a two-year old!
12 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We brought our old bed-settee from home and while they were at church I assembled it here as a new big-boy bed for Finlay. He was so SO excited about it that it was like a special early birthdayЧитать далее
Sunday in lincoln
12 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
We Arrived yesterday evening in time for the kids bedtime, having left earlier than we planned (I had planned to leave after the Barnet match but I left the game after 60 minutes after we let in theЧитать далее
Last day
12 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Punishingly hot today, so of course we went for a walk all across the city to see a Roman mosaic! It took some finding and was rather fragmentary. Another steaming, dripping, walk back to the centreЧитать далее
Tirana monday
11 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Hot one again today with temperature well up into the thirties. We walked across the city centre to the archaeological museum and spent a couple of hours there. It's not a big museum and with very fewЧитать далее
Tirana 2
10 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
More pics
First day on our own
10 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
For the ĺast ten days all decisions have been made for us - where we sleep, where and what we eat and where we visit every hour of the day. Now we have free time it's amazing how long it takes us toЧитать далее
Tirana
9 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Walk around the centre of Tirana in the morning, the highlight of which was a vist to the National Historical Museum housing the best Archaeological artefacts, and a trip to a communist era nuclearЧитать далее
Elbasan
8 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
On the road back to Tirana we stopped in Elbasan for lunch and to view the remains of a basilica. Then on to a small but high quality Roman villa, and finally a crazily situated fortress. We ended theЧитать далее
Gjirokaster 2
7 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
More photos from the castle
Gjirokaster
7 июня 2018 г., Албания ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Gjirokaster is another UNESCO world heritage site. Again it is a town of Ottoman houses around an earlier castle, like Berat, but they look quite different as the houses all have thick grey stone roofЧитать далее
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