Up n atom for the last leg - We worked out that there is a metro in Seville, it's not big - this is due to great aspitations but history got in the way - Once they started digging to put the metro lines in, the construction crews kept coming across Roman ruins and basically the plans got put on hold - so there's only one line and it doesnt even get close to the Railway station - we foolishly decide to try the Metro, just to check it out and see how close we can g...

Up fairly early and head to the Metro to get to the railway station for the next leg. I should say a bit abut the Metro in Madrid, it's very good, clean, new and on time. There's quite a few lines but not too difficult to understand. It's two changes to get to the Railway Station, once there its terminal boredom for a while, get a coffee etc, while we wait for the train - finally the board shows our platform and off we go once more through security. The railway r...

After our late night wanderings last night, we've decided that Madrid is too big a place for us to explore - we think at least a week is needed, so instead we head off in search of Culture. This time we're trying to head to Toledo, one time capital of Castille before the Government decided to go to Madrid. First off though, we have to find out how to get there. The train goes from near where we arrived the other night so we now head below ground to see how we can...

We awake to another wet and windy morning in Santander - do the usual thing, shower, get our stuff together and head off to the Station. It's a breakfast of local scran and a coffee. We then head through security to the train station - yes you now have to get your bags x-rayed and all that stuff - this is due to the train bombings in 2004. We then waited for the train as the hall filled up - I noticed a few Mainland Chinese had showed up, these are the nouveaux ...

We awoke once more to a listing ship - As mentioned by Lord Gibbs of the Foreign Office, we have been trained well and a crazy sea doesnt bother us too much. We had breakfast and mooched around the ship - again we werent allowed to go astern and the French Crew had now sealed off the entrances properly after the Army lads stunts & removing their temporary signs. It was fun to watch the swells and yes they were very big, the ship would sometimes hit a big one ...