Finishing in Madrid

We ended our trip in Madrid. This was the view from the room we stayed in. Unfortunately Dad got food poisoning so we spent a bit too much time examining this view!


Of course on the way home when we really wanted to get back, our flight was delayed for three hours so we had a lot of time lying around waiting.

Off to Ciudad Real

We took a bus and a high speed train from Fuente del Arco to get to Ciudad Real.


We had a good sleep in Ciudad Real at Jose Antonio and Elena's house.

Lazing around the house

Dad went off to pick aspargus and thyme on the mountain while we lazed around in the house all day, since it was really hot and dusty outside.

Walking around the town

We went for a walk around the town after picking asparagus. SP said it was dangerous to cross the railroad tracks, but you could see for a long way and Ade said there are only two trains a day to her village so we would be ok.

Ade's aunt was nice enough to let us stay at her empty house, so we had a good sleep there after our day of adventure.

Picking wild asparagus

Ade showed us how to find wild aspargus near her village.


This was a particularly good one that we found and picked to take home.

We learned that the aspargus people sometimes eat is the baby shoots of the aspargus, much how SP likes the young bamboo the best.

Fuente del Arco

Next we went on to stay with Ade, who used to live in Sheffield. That's her cute little village Fuente del Arco in the background.

And those are her hands holding us too! How lucky she was.

Tea at Café Hafa

Strange Panda and I went to Café Hafa in Tangier to have their famous mint tea while staring over the ocean. Apparently lots of other celebrities have come here before us too.

We were so deep in conversation it took us awhile to realise our photos were being taken originally.

Touring the Kasbah in Tangier

In the Kasbah in Tangier there was a nice garden where we took some pictures.


Here is one farther away.


This is a bench in the same garden.


This was on the fountain in the Kasbah's courtyard.


Bill and I are those tiny speaks in the center of the courtyard.

What else? Sleep of course

Dad went off to Tetuan in Morocco but the weather was very wet so we decided to stay at home and rest instead.

Touring Ceuta

Our hosts Raul and Ana took me, Bill, and Dad around town to see Ceuta.


Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa which is next to Morocco.


Here's another good view of us and the city.

Off to Spain and Morocco

Dad took us on a trip to Spain and Morocco. Our first destination was Ceuta, but we had to spend the night in Algeciras to get there.


There was a cool sink that Bill really liked as he could have a swim in it and still see the floor.


The next morning we took a ferry to Ceuta and got to see the exciting port machinery.

Another glorious mug of us!

Dad says he's sorry there haven't been more pics, but his camera is misbehaving and rarely works now. He did manage to take a few pictures of a new mug he made which features us at the beach though!

Here Bill and I are parachuting into an ocean filled with snakes from the look of it.

Riding a wave on a surfboard

And relaxing on the beach in the sun!