After a manic couple of weeks working to cover for someone's illness I have finally managed to get away with my lovely Gina. We got Brittany ferry, Cap Finnisterre, from Portsmouth on Sunday night and arrived in Bilbao, Spain this morning.
We had prebooked a nice hotel, the parador at Lerma, and I am now busy typing this blog overlooking the fields below our fantastic room in the old 16th Century Ducal palce in the old Plaza Major which, we ae told, is to be transformed by 7.30 this evening in to a local market - something that has pleased Gina no end. She is busy now trying to find someone that she hasn't already bought a Chritmas present for in order to give her a valid excuse to go forth and spend.
We should reach Talavera de la Reina (about 100kms south west of Madrid) by tomorrow afternoon and here we will spend a good few days with friends who have invited us to the christening of their newborn baby boy. Last time we came over for their daughter's christening we ended up being Godparents and I had to give a speech in church - all unbeknown to us until we actually got into the church !
Looking forward to the break
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