Temp 18 high cloud with occasional sunny periods (good driving weather) Today's Mileage 530 km; Total for trip 845 km Went out for breakfast (coffee and croissant) in Salamanca. Had some difficulty finding a place that was open. The town is almost dead at 9am even on a Monday. On the way back to check out we dropped into the indoor market directly across from the hotel. The market was closed over the weekend. Although smaller it was comparable to the food ...

Temp 21 mainly sunny with intermittent cloud We found a café nearby and near the Plaza Mayor for breakfast. We thought it odd that the area was full of police and people who were part of the Red Cross. As it turned out there was a marathon (or possibly half marathon) happening and the runners were going past us and into the Plaza. We are becoming experts at watching marathons with a coffee in one hand and a croissant in the other aren’t we Shelley? ...

Weather report: not a cloud in the sky. High of 18ºC in Segovia and 22ºC in Salamanca. Kms travelled today - 315 Picked up our car this morning and with the help of our GPS system (the voice of Billy Connolly) headed for Segovia; about 1½ hrs north of Madrid. Collecting the car from Avis was a breeze. We had read about all sorts of problems that people have had with rental car companies but we certainly did not experience any of them. We had pr...

Weather: 25 degrees C, sunny (not a cloud) and no wind This morning we headed off to the Palacio Real (Royal Palace). Bruce got a discounted entry. He is definitely worth taking as he now gets these "older person" discounts. Not all places in Spain give these as sometimes they only apply to EU residents or, EU and South American residents. Now back to the palace. We have been to both the Versailles (Paris) and Schönbrunn (Vienna) Palaces and now Palacio Re...

Weather for Madrid today. Sunny and a high of 23 degrees C. Cool overnight at 7. The mornings right up to about 1pm are quite cool then it warms up quickly and lasts until at least 9pm. So, no one queried or commented on yesterdays title. Guess you all know who's quote it was then - well of course it was one of Dali's. We hit the road earlier than yesterday and caught the hop-on hop-off bus for Route 2. This took us to the more modern part of the city. Well a m...