Spain 2005
August 10th, 2005 by RoseMy trip to Spain was awesome. I had a really great time. The sun was lovely and warm, the skies blue. It was quite hot, around 40C most days. I enjoyed the heat though.
Rough details of the trip:
Monday: Arrived at Madrid airport, caught a taxi and got duped into paying too much. Silly me being a newbie tourist. I learnt my lesson though! I meet up with my buddy Tanya and two of her American friends and we go for a wander up and down the street. Sit at a bar and drink lemonades while watching the people pass.
Dinner is at Pizza Hut, Spanish style.
Tuesday: Catch a taxi into Madrid city centre. Hang out at the Plaza Mayor and buy ourselves a two day pass on the Madrid Vision buses. We visit the Royal Palace and wander about the town. Dinner is at the Plaza Mayor.
Wednesday: More touring around the city of Madrid via the buses that tour 3 different routes of the city. Went to the park and relaxed. Book a tour which starts Friday for the day.
Thursday: Hung around the hotel and slept in till late, was fabulous. Caught the bus into Madrid and wandered around some more.
Friday: Get up early and catch a cab into town. Meet up for the tour which will take us to Avila and Segovia. Spend the day wandering around towns and visiting churches, monuments and a castle. Fabulous weather and get to see some sights outside of Madrid, the hills and mountains.
Saturday: Sleep in late and head into Madrid again to hang out.
Sunday: Caught the bus into Madrid for the weekly market. The place is jammed packed. We keep our bags close and in front of us. Neither of us want to lose our money. Head back to the hotel for siesta then catch a bus back into town for dinner at the Plaza Mayor, this time at a different resteraunt.
Monday: Get up early, it’s my last day. Brekky at the hotel and then catch a cab to the airport. Driver tries to stooge me again for too much money but this time I am onto it. I still let him off with a few extra euros, it wasn’t worth it to argue the point too much *grin* Catch the place back to the UK to be met at the airport by Steve.
Here are my 3 fav pics from the trip.
Catedral de la Almundena, Madrid
A street in Segovia
Plaza Mayor, Madrid
My favourite pictures of France
May 26th, 2005 by RoseHad a fabulous time in France and have been inspired to learn some French. Steve’s mum gave me a set of cd’s to help me learn, I also got a set of learn Spanish cd’s for my trip to Spain later this year in August with Tanya.
Bought a beautiful tea set at the Porcelain factory in Limoges. It’s a gorgeous design with silver edging, bought a teapot, milk jug, gravy jug and under-plate and Mum bought me the sugar bowl for my birthday present. There are more things in the set I will buy, namely the tea cups, which I will get on my next visit. My first real grown up tea set *grin*
I took quite a few pictures once again on this my second trip to this beautiful country, here are 3 of my favs.
France 2005
May 21st, 2005 by RoseHaving a great time in France and the weather has been perfect, today is a little cooler and overcast. Already have taken lots of piccies – have done lots of eating and walking, sightseeing and meeting loads of people.
Anyone who tells you the French are rude and arrogant are talking rubbish and obviously have never been here, its my second trip and so far everyone we have encountered in the shops and bars/resteraunts have been so lovely.
I still can’t speak much French except the main things I need to know, hello’s, goodbyes and thank you etc. I do have some cd’s at home to help me learn and I think finally I have been inspired to give it a better go.
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Well better get off the computer! Just wanted to pop online and upload the images into the album to make more room for more piccies.
xxx
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