Return to Espaňa 2022

  DAY 27--01 JUNE 22 WEDNESDAY GUADALUPE SPAIN Cathedral court;yard Parador breakfast to start the day and few patrons are staying at the Parador. We opted to go thru the cathedral and Monastery Royal again. (We had been before were privileged to see the Black Virgen up close. Many wanted to kiss her feet or touch, we opted out!) We were shepherded to join up with a much larger group of Spanish to enjoy the tour. Very hard to understand the guide for a number of reasons:   Speaking rapid fire Spanish, speaking into a full-face mask and in some rooms it echoed intensely, which baffled his words. He was in a hurry to complete the tour must have had a lunch time date with someone? I have never seen so many religious artifacts crammed into one building. Many were original 15 th century robes, Miters, paintings, bibles etc. As Paul said the guide galloped us through that Monastery! I had watched a lot of children arrive with their teachers, could have been the whole school ...

DAY 26 31 MAY 22 TUESDAY TRAVEL DAY LEAVING PLASENCIA TO PARADOR GUADALUPE Spain Parador Guadalupe & Cathedral After a cool Monday, Tuesday appears to be another hotter than normal spring day for here approaching 87F according to Weather Underground.com. Breakfast and then repack for our travels, we notice a throng of people hanging around reception. No, they were not all checking out to hold us up but they were awaiting the arrival of a huge motor coach (bus) for their tour. Even as we loaded up the car in the garage down on level -1, the mass of bus travelers came plodding thru the garage looking for the bus. NO WAY could a bus come down to this level via elevator, a gal from reception came running down to usher the herd to the exit door leading to the street. We drove into the lift and went thru the process,   to see when the doors opened that a car was attempting to enter into the Parador garage and a beer truck was parked to off-load supplies. Traffic jam and we were...