In addition to celebrating Rocio's 50th with some 36 hours of what seemed like continuous eating and drinking I managed to do a little tourism.  Spanish railways do an equivalent of our Senior Railcard, only at one fifth of the price and giving discounts of up to fifty percent on fares which are to British eyes already very affordable.

Birthday party eating and drinking

A gate to Badajoz

That's the sort of roundabout I admire

Roman theatre at Merida

View from the stage

What was that line?

Ibn Marwan