A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

Today I took an excursion outside of Madrid to the town of Aranjuez.  Aranjuez is located about 26 miles to the south of Madrid on the banks...

My plan for today was to visit two museums in Madrid.  The first, the house of the 16th century dramatist Lope de Vega, was a place that I h...

Unfortunately I have come down with a cold, and apparently the bug was making the rounds among the guests at the birthday celebration.  A nu...

The guests from the birthday celebration have all gone home (except for me), Werner and Manuel are back to work, and now I have the opportun...

Werner's sister Brigitta was the last family member to leave Madrid.  Her flight to Zurich did not leave until Monday evening.  Since We...

After the fantastic birthday party on Saturday, there was still more celebrating on Sunday.  Many of the out-of-town guests were leaving tha...