Foreign Perspectives

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One problem with Spain is that in the summer some areas are just way, way too hot.

Madrid is one of those which means that the best time to see it is around now or if you can’t go soon then in late September when it’s cooled down again. That’s about the best time to see some of the fantastic sights around Madrid too such as the lovely city of Segovia which in many ways is better than Madrid itself as it’s a much more approachable city without quite so much of the over crowding that you often get in Madrid.

Although it’s a great place to see, Segovia hotels aren’t nearly so thick on the ground as Madrid hotels so you might find that it’s easier to base yourself in Madrid and do Segovia as a daytrip if you don’t book far enough in advance. Much better the other way round though if you can manage it.

Similarly cute is Toledo although which you can also reach in around an hour from Madrid although south of the city this time. As with Segovia, Toledo hotels aren’t nearly as numerous as those in Madrid so it’s usually best to book that little bit more in advance if you can.

Everybody’s already seen Madrid but Segovia and Toledo are something that little bit different. Quieter, yes, but no less interesting and a whole lot easier to grasp than the sprawl of Madrid.

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One thing that constantly confuses is that whenever we have a trip to Spain the diesel that we’ve bought there seems to last considerably longer than when the diesel that we ordinarily buy in France.

A LOT longer too. For example, we filled the car up Friday a week ago in Spain, have been running around quite a bit during the week and only needed to get some more last Friday. Ordinarily we’d have been expecting to top up at least once during the week.

Weird, huh?

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Over the next few days it’s going to be pretty hectic here as the Spanish are coming, as usual for their pre-Easter break.

Also, as usual, they wait ’til the last minute to book. Just a few weeks ago, we had nobody down for the next few days yet as of tomorrow we’re pretty much full until Monday and everyone is from Spain.

The last minute business seems to be getting worse each year as we had several days worth of bookings arriving this morning including the first double booking for the year. The last minute aspect is something that none of the booking systems are really geared up for in that it can be several hours between the guest booking and the system notifying us of that booking which, of course, is plenty of time for a competing reservation system to slip in another booking for the same dates.

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