2012: Week 23

Saturday 2 June

Daisy went to Rob's this morning for the Jubilee weekend and Jon and I spent the second half of the day travelling to Madrid, arriving at our hotel at around 23:30 local time. While we were waiting at the airport for our ride into the city I mentioned to Jon that I hadn't taken any photos today, and he took this. So this is the best you get, I'm afraid.

Sunday 3 June

Our first proper day of holiday saw us making a fair few wrong decisions, but none of them had serious consequences. One of the best decisions we made, however, was to go to the Bernabeu Stadium and do the stadium tour, which was excellent. When we got there I took Jen's camera out of the bag - she lent us her hybrid camera, which is smaller than my SLR but takes better pictures than a point-and-shoot - and only then did I remember that she'd said I should put my own memory card in it... So all the photos we took of the weekend were on our phones, and not the best quality, but we still got some lovely shots. Here we are pitch-side.

Monday 4 June

Today we took the train to Toledo, about 50 miles away. It was a beautiful town and we had a lovely afternoon wandering round the tiny streets.

Tuesday 5 June

I didn't take any photos at all today, so here's a shot taken on Sunday of Madrid from the Teleferico, a cable car that goes over the Casa de Campo, a huge park on the west side of town, and gives great views over the city. We flew home today, arriving back into a rainy, cold Heathrow. I wished I'd put some socks and shoes in the boot of the car; my feet were freezing by the time we got home :).

Wednesday 6 June

Another one to add to the collection!  I don't actually know which Madrid landmark is depicted in the picture; I've tried googling it but haven't found it yet.

Thursday 7 June

Daisy does her best impression of a robot before heading out to nursery.

Friday 8 June

The weather was awful today, and as it was half term there were none of the usual activities going on, so Daisy and I slowly drove each other crazy all day. We made a tunnel in the lounge, then made a bigger one in the dining room, but the shots I got of her in the bigger tunnel weren't as nice as this one.