Hola,
We've had poor internet in the mountains, hence no blog, so I will now play catch-up. We were in a very small town about an hour north of Burgos in Northern Spain. We went there to see a Neanderthal site that brother Jim told me about. Unfortunately I could not find a good website with info about the site and it was closed. It was only open on the weekend and we missed it by an afternoon! Very disappointing. The next day we had more success. We went to se
e a Monolith or Megalith (not sure) from Neanderthal time which they don't really know anything about, and a very cool cave that was close by. We were the only ones on the tour of the cave, no one else would go in the cold and snow but Canadians! We were all fascinated with the stalagmites etc. but the best part were the tiny little bats hibernating in the cave. They would have fit in the palm of your hand. We then drove around trying to find a Roman village, but couldn't but we did find the start of the Ebro River. Josephine and I had a snowball fight - 
her aim is really improving - and then we headed back to our apartment. I made up a jeopardy game for mike and the girls with questions from the trip to pass some time in the afternoon. We then left for Madrid. The weather slowly improved as we drove south about 3 hours. We did a very good walking tour of Madrid during the siesta time, and then went to the Prado for an hour and a half. The Prado is amazing. It has a lot of the famous paintings I studies in the Renaissance course that I did. Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" is beautiful and very strange. If you've never seen it you should look it up. So we're now back at the hostel getting a few computer things done and then going to bed so we can enjoy a full day tomorrow.
e a Monolith or Megalith (not sure) from Neanderthal time which they don't really know anything about, and a very cool cave that was close by. We were the only ones on the tour of the cave, no one else would go in the cold and snow but Canadians! We were all fascinated with the stalagmites etc. but the best part were the tiny little bats hibernating in the cave. They would have fit in the palm of your hand. We then drove around trying to find a Roman village, but couldn't but we did find the start of the Ebro River. Josephine and I had a snowball fight - 
her aim is really improving - and then we headed back to our apartment. I made up a jeopardy game for mike and the girls with questions from the trip to pass some time in the afternoon. We then left for Madrid. The weather slowly improved as we drove south about 3 hours. We did a very good walking tour of Madrid during the siesta time, and then went to the Prado for an hour and a half. The Prado is amazing. It has a lot of the famous paintings I studies in the Renaissance course that I did. Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" is beautiful and very strange. If you've never seen it you should look it up. So we're now back at the hostel getting a few computer things done and then going to bed so we can enjoy a full day tomorrow.
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