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Author Archives: WeatherGrrrl
A week in Granada
Well clearly time flew by while we were in Granada and I didn’t manage to post at all. That had not been the plan. Here’s a little recap of a few of the amazing sights we got to see. We … Continue reading
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Last day in Toledo, then on to Granada
Saturday morning the main square In Toledo was filled with high end sports cars. We’re not sure why they were there but it looked really cool seeing rows and rows of red Ferraris among others. We rode the Zocotren again … Continue reading
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Countdown to departure from Toledo
A quick run down on what we’ve been seeing these last few days. Santa Ursula. A tiny church, just around the corner from our hotel, with a rather beautiful interior and a view through glass into the convent. Sinagoga de … Continue reading
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Allez Toledo!
Everyday we’re in Spain my school girl French comes back! Not that it does me any good. English is probably the second most frequently used language here so it buys me nothing that I can count in French. *sigh* We … Continue reading
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Out and about in Toledo
We got a little better start on the day today. We’re still all recovering from the lack of sleep and long hours of work finishing up in Colchester. We began with a visit to the oldest synagogue in Spain, called … Continue reading
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Further adventures in Toledo
We’ve been doing a lot of ambling around the old city as it really is designed for getting lost in. There are no straight streets anywhere and it can be incredibly difficult to tell where you are. Luckily, we purchased … Continue reading
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Travelled to Toledo, Spain
We spent last night in Birmingham, UK so as to make this moring a little easier. We had to be at the airport by 8am so it was definitely worth driving down yesterday. The plane ride was uneventful though we … Continue reading
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In Bruges
Brilliant. I haven’t laughed so hard at a movie in a long time. The bouncing back and forth between side splitting humour and deathly seriousness was quite a feat. It made me laugh even harder as my brain kept going, … Continue reading
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Speed Racer
Fabulous. This movie was so intoxicating I still haven’t come down yet. Holy cow that was something else. Visually it was stunning though it did take a few minutes to get used to the visual stimulation, it was so bright. … Continue reading
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It’s been how long since we saw our best man?
So Phi and I married 19 years ago and a college friend of Nic’s, Eric, was our best man. After a couple of years in the same apartment complex in Austin, Texas we ended up going our separate ways. We … Continue reading
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