: back in spain :

It's been 10 years!! That's very hard for me to believe, but it's true. 10 years since I've been back. I was hoping to be able to blog a bit every day and post some photos from our trip as we go. Unfortunately, I'm a dork...and I forgot my cord so that I can download photos!! So frustrating. I will try to write a little bit every couple of days (depending on internet services) and post a few pics of what we're seeing from what I can find online.

Paul and I arrived in Madrid on Sunday morning. We rented a car, and headed to my old stompin' grounds, Salamanca. We had a ball...NOTHING has changed in 10 years...at least, very little. ;-)

Salamanca's Plaza Mayor:

While there, we looked up one of my old roommates, Thassos. When I lived with him and his business partner, Costas, they were starting up a little Greek restaurant. Now, Thassos has turned it into a dining experience (this was the one thing that had changed!). I know you probable can't read it, but check out his website: Restaurante Thassos. His restaurant is gorgeous, and the food was amazing!! A pic of him is below:



From Salamanca, we went to Madrid to pick up the in-laws on Wednesday. We headed from the airport to Toledo, where we spent the night. We actually spent the night in a little hotel just to the right of this picture. It was kind-of built into the old city walls. Joe and Sue were GREAT!!! They hung in there with the best of them. I don't think I could've walked the hills that we walked with the jetlag that they had to have had...not to mention Joe's one lung!! ;-) They've been great.

From Toledo, we headed to our timeshare (Thanks Laurie!) in the Costa del Sol. It's a very nice place inbetween Malaga and Marbella. It's very "touristy" in this part of Spain, but we are taking day trips out from here to see other historic Spanish cities. Yesterday, we headed to Ronda:

So far, we're having a great time!! None of these photos are my own, but I'm sure that eventually I'll post more than you're intersted in seeing. ;-)