Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.

[AndyD]

Love these! Makes me want to go back, this time see Gibralter.
Madrid and Toledo look exactly as I remember from my travels over two Easter weeks in 1985!
Memorable Toledo was medieval except for the railway station. I stayed in a pension near the castle, sharing a room with a young army lad; very hot weather and you could reach out the window and literally touch someone reaching from the bedroom opposite.
Spaniards siesta for 3 hours to avoid the afternoon heat, finish work at 7 and go for a walk & eat in the cool of the evening. Good life as I recall.

[jon-nyc]

Ha, we cross posted. I’ll have lunch in the Plaza Mayor tomorrow.

Bottle cap thingy is a mandatory annoyance in the EU. That’s what counts for innovation there these days.

[AndyD]

You don't lose the bottle cap, and can reuse the bottle for water. It's good.

[Wim]

@AndyD Yeah, but if you like drinking from a bottle, these caps are a nuisance.

[Renauda]

Lovely photos TG!

[Tom-K]

Great pictures!!!! That was really lovely. (You take really wonderful photos.)

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.:

Ha, we cross posted. I’ll have lunch in the Plaza Mayor tomorrow.

Great minds think alike. First evening there, had lunch in the Plaza. Nice to sit there, but I was told that the restaurants are nothing special.

If you get a chance, try to have dinner and see the flamenco at Corral de la Moreria. Well worth it.
https://www.corraldelamoreria.com/en/

[Axtremus]

@Renauda said in Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.:

Lovely photos TG!

+1

[Klaus]

Very cool photos! I've been to some of these places but not Gibraltar!

[Jolly]

Pretty girl, beautiful scenery, great pictures.

[Mik]

TG, your life is nothing short of spectacular. Fantastic pictures! And paella over a wood fire? Wow.

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.:

And paella over a wood fire?

One thing I learned is that the traditional meat in paella is rabbit. I was offered to have it made with rabbit, but I turned it down. LOL

Taiwanese eat some pretty weird things, but rabbits seem too cute to eat. 555

[Mik]

And delicious!

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik

[NobodySock]

they sure made pretty buildings back in the day!

[xenon]

You've got a great eye for good shots. Looks like great trip!

[89th]

Echoing the comments. As someone who loves to travel but finds it difficult these days, I travel via your photos, and they are really great ones. A bunch of "framers" I would say... print and frame them! Thanks again.

[jon-nyc]

@Wim said in Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.:

@AndyD Yeah, but if you like drinking from a bottle, these caps are a nuisance.

Heading home this morning. I just finished an orange juice in the airport. My first thought was ‘now I’m done with those annoying caps in my face for a while’.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc LOL. They did have a tendency to flap in my face when I was drinking.

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in Taste the adventure, then taste the paella – in Spain.:

My first thought was ‘now I’m done with those annoying caps in my face for a while’.

Alas it was not to be. On the plane they’re serving water in small 0.2l plastic bottles and I’ve had 4. So more caps on my face.