Ola!
We survived the snow…

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We have spent today swanning around Cordoba, and mainly being gobsmacked at the majestic Mezquita. Originally the Basilica of San Vincente, it then became a Mosque, only to be returned to a Cathedral in 1236. Pretty damn impressive really…

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After that, it´s been mainly loitering with intent… to shop mainly. We´ve found an amazing label called ¨Desigual¨ from Barcelona we think, really colourful and edgy. www.desigual.com The first I must say, which has been a little surprising, that is after the world famous ¨Zara¨ of course! www.zara.com

Daughter is doing really really well. She is such a seasoned traveller now, it´s wonderful watching her practice and master all the stuff you need to do whilst doing the travelling thing. Today it was about carrying ones smalls to the laundrette, working out the cost and pick up arrangments. She´s also picking up a little Spanish along the way. One of our favourites is ¨una mas¨, meaning ¨one more¨… saves us having to repeat things, especially food orders!!

We have been getting into the Tapas, and really enjoying it. Although daughter does keep reminding us about what we´re eating and how cruel we are ie last night it was lamb chops, and she was in tears over the ordering of such a thing. So she stuck to her croquettes, and spanish meatballs and left the rest of us heathens to handle the rest. The tears at the dinner table are a bit head turning though!

We leave Cordoba tomorrow and head for Seville.
No doubt we´ll have much more to report then.
Adios…

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Ola!
It´s bucketing rain, it´s 9oC (yes we´re feeling the cold)
Not only that, we´re living in a cave! www.el-abanico.com/ingles.html… and we´re loving it.

Have spent today swanning around the Alhambra Palace, which is rather impressive. However the highlight was, when standing in the Palace of Carlos V (a colosseum type construction with amazing acoustics), a rather large English tourist steps into the middle and rips out a rendition of a classic operatic number, and completely blew us all away…it brought a tear to your eye, seriously beautiful. And then he and his fat mates moved on and went back to being geysers…who´d have thought!

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Daughter has such a story brewing in her head that I can´t wait until she gets it down on paper. She may even share it with you all, we´ll see. This is now a book in progress… stay tuned for publishing details!

Off to the snow tomorrow. Sierra Nevada. Not sure what to expect (other than white stuff of course). The drive itself will be hairy enough given that this is the first time driving has been attempted, on the opposite side of the road, for some time. Couple that with roads unknown, mountains unknown and bends unknown… an adventure it could definitely turn into!!

Until next time, adios!!

p.s. phone is working now, so it´s full textíng ahead!

Ola!
After approximately 30 hours, we´ve arrived in Madrid.
All smooth sailing really. Saw a number of movies that had been on the hit list, so not all lost time!

However, slight complication…I´m not able to send and receive text messages!!!
Ah, bloody technology & me.

And then the phone was dropped at the airport.
And then forgot the PIN on the travel card so no Euro.
And then the room we´re in has a busted shower with hot and cold running water, running constantly in the dunny!…
And you know what, we´re soooooo tired that we don´t really care…
Going to bed very soon, even though its only 18:33 here.

Madrid is reminiscent of many a large city, except for the dirty great palace and cathedral in the middle of town. All very European, clearly.

Will report in again soon.
The adventurers