by leandra | Oct 21, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
We dropped off the car at the airport and took an Uber into the city. After relaxing in the room for a bit, I stopped into ALE-HOP to look for comfy socks and found a pair of fluffy rainbow slippers for 5€! With that settled we headed out into the Madrid evening to...
by leandra | Oct 20, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Bodegas Muelas Walking the walls of the Cuellar castle put us behind schedule so we had to hustle several blocks from the (free) parking lot in Todesillas to make our reserved tour of the bodega. Thankfully we just missed the overview, which Clara kindly and quickly...
by leandra | Oct 18, 2023 | International Travel, Travel
Cuéllar On the way to our first wine tasting in Todesillas, we stopped in the town of Cuéllar and paid 1,50€ each to walk along the castle walls. The access point was through a turnstile gate near the ramparts but you had to buy a token inside the ticket office. It...
by leandra | Oct 15, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
The drive from Valladolid to Peñafiel was fairly easy, with most of the route through rural countryside (and a decent number of trucks). We stopped briefly at the necropolis ruins outside of town, though there is not much to see. We parked in a huge lot on the north...
by leandra | Oct 14, 2023 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
La Parrilla de San Lorenzo – A traditional Spanish restaurant, this space is massive with large brick arches, knick knacks, and icongraphy. While it wasn’t very busy when we arrived, they got livelier as the evening wore on. Eric offered to drink red wine...