The Walled City of Toledo

Took the AVANT bullet train from Madrid to Toledo. The highlite is the huge cathedral and Alcazar fortress which Franco´s army defended with hundreds of hostages. Surrounded by the river Tajo which acted as a natural defense. Many El Greco paintings are on display due to his having live there for 19 years.

Concert at the Royal Palace

Big party city, with great outdoor concerts, stayed up till 1pm enjoying large band with huge movie screen showing clips from holywood musicals (Fred Astair, Ginger Rodgers, Gene Kelly, etc.)

Madrid comes to life after 8pm

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Arrived in Madrid

We arrived tired at 9am and set out for Spain´s largest art museum, the Prado, heavy on the Spanish artist El Greco, Velazquez, and Goya. After five hours, we crashed for two hours then left to explore the city and join the night life.

We will be leaving at 9:05 am on May 14th from SFO to Madrid arriving at 9:10 am on May 15th.

While spending a fabulous week of snorkeling, scuba, sailing and windsurfing in the Club Med Columbus Isle Resort last July we contemplated "where next?" while sipping our tropical beverages. After some pondering a cheap airfare notice arrived from Delta Air which inspired us to pack our bags and prepare for a tour of Spain and Portugal with a short stop over in Paris to attend a day at Roland Garros and the French Open Tennis Tournament. Miriam's retirement from the Rincon Valley School District was the final catalyst to get us going.