Off to Spain

For a number of reasons we didn't go to Honduras this year as we have been doing for the past several years. So we decided that it was time to see something of Europe, starting with Spain.

We are scheduled to fly from Pearson Airport at 6:10 pm on 21 May. We first fly to Brussels and then on to Madrid. First is a 15 day "Grand Tour of Spain" during which we will visit 19 cities and cover about 3500 km. Returning to Madrid on 4 June, we rent a car on the 5th and head for "La Casita de Cabraja" near the town of Jábaga, about 160 km SE of Madrid. This is called a 'casa ruales' (rural house), and we have a reservation for 6 days. On 11 June we return to Madrid and stay the night at the "Hotel Don Luis" near the airport. Our flight home leaves at 6:45 am, again through Brussels. The trip home will take 11 3/4 hours and we arrive in Toronto at 12:30 am EST.

With the volcano eruptions in Iceland we are a little nervous but believe that if we don't get to Madrid for the start of the tour on the 22nd, we won't be the only ones and the tour company, Cosmos, will probably have arrangements for catching up to them. If not we have the schedule and we speak enough Spanish that we feel comfortable taking a bus to wherever to catch up with the group.

You can check out the tour and where we will be going at < http://www.ruba.com/tour/Cosmos-Grand_Tour_Of_Spain#!tab=0&step=3 >.

You can check out tripos in past years by clicking on the relevant "Archive" to the right of this post.