We had a bit of a wander around the town of Coca before the castle opened up. A few items of historical interest. They apparently were the birthplace of a Roman emperor, Theodosius, they have some other interesting remnants of buildings, but the most interesting thing we saw was a seniors workout area near an old church tower. Marjan had a bit of a knee workout.
We finally got into the castle and did the tour. It was a bit eerie, they took our money, told us what to expect, showed us in the door, and locked it behind us. Oh well, we walked around and up and saw what was there to see. It must have been an impressive place in the past.
By the time we got back down it was about 11:30 and probably had got to zero, so after a coffee we hit the road for Madrid. It was not long before we saw the snow capped mountains again as that was where we were headed. We were heading towards Segovia, where we had been a couple of weeks before. The views this time were a bit different as the mountains with snow on them looked much more imposing. Also Segovia against that backdrop looked magical.
We were quite glad that this time we took the tolled motorway, rather than the scenic route we used to get over the mountains last time. The road actually went over the mountains above the snow line, and then under the mountain in another long tunnel. We later heard it had snowed in Madrid. A little earlier than normal. Just our luck. Anyway we got over it all and to Tia Jose's place where we had another wonderful reception, lunch and much laughter. Anna came over and we skyped Laura so it was a bit of old home week. A nice way to finish off the travels with Marjan.
The last bit of travel will be the trip to the airport tomorrow. So it's goodbye from the Travelling With Marjan blog. Might have a few updates for Marjan rather than from her, but it will need a new name.
2 comments:
Oy, what's happened to the daily updates? Your daugher needs to know all the deets.
When the cats awaya the old man will play
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