Thursday, April 16, 2015

We've boarded!

Check the airline for updated arrival time. Hopefully we'll make up some time.

Flight delay

We arrived in Paris on time only to find that our flight to Dulles is delayed. At this point, it is more than an hour late. We will update here and via email as we get more information.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

More family photos

Last day in Spain-Palacio Real

We spent our last day at the Royal Palace-an opulent display of the monarchy in Spain over the past few centuries. The current royals live in more modest digs these days, but the palace is still used for state events. After some shopping, we ended the day eating chorros y chocolate.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

More family photos

Here are more family pictures plus other photos that kids sent me that are mixed in.

SEGOVIA Part II

We spent the day walking around Segovia, a city one and a half hours west of Madrid. The day began at the Roman aqueduct, built 2 thousand years ago to bring clean water from the surrounding hills into the castle. Water ran across the top of the aqueduct, via gravity, down into underground canals. We then walked by the gothic cathedral, past the old Jewish quarter, and into the castle that looks like one used by Disney. Along the way we saw decorations on man buildings in the mudejar style-a kind of early graffiti! Mudejar is the name given to Muslim architecture in the 15 century when Chrstians, Muslims and Jews lived together, more or less in harmony. We saw many examples of this in the castle as well.