The Tourist Trail of Don Quijote. Keep Left
From the followsummer archives. Spain, September 2004 Madrid to Cordoba: 396 kilometres It is nearly 11 when we check out of our hotel and find the M506 that will direct us to the A4 south to Córdoba, Espana. We have to re-check...
Madrid: Alive and Breathing in Life to its Fullest
Madrid is not one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Much of its historical and cultural history has been torn down to make way for the new. Indeed, it seems to be a city on the verge of the next century, good and bad. The...
The Prado in One Day
I was merciless yesterday as we did our walking tour of Madrid: although the guidebook told us that the walking tour would take at least two days, we got it done in one (and were our feet complaining loudly last night? You bet...
Blending In With the Locals in Southern Spain
They are burning the fields throughout southern Spain today and the horizon is dotted with plumes of white and brown smoke that trails up and tracks across the sky, dragged by the high blowing winds. We worry about the controlled...
Welcome to Madrid!
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004: Madrid, Spain N 40 W 003 Barcelona to Madrid: 658 kilometres Madrid is an interesting curiosity: rising out of a dry, brown plateau, the city welcomes its driving visitors first with urban sprawl,...