Now I'm going to Holland which is located in North-West Europe . It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlandsborders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.

I'm going to my friend Joep which I met on the Erasmus. I have a flight from Alicante to Maastricht. Is a city situated in the southern part of the Netherlands. Near this city live my earlier mentioned friend Joep. We will be travel around the Netherlands. I'm planing to visit such city as Amsterdam - the biggest city of the Netherlands and capital of country, Rotterdam - the second biggest city of the Netherlands .

In March me and my friend went to Toledo. We spent there just one day but we saw many famous places. Toledo is situated on the south of Madrid, about 30min by car or train so if you plan a trip to Madrid think if you have even one day to visit this city, it's really worth to see it.

Main sights are:
- Castillo de San Servando near the river, where you can get by the Puente de Alcantara admiring magnificent views (photo on the left)

- Alcazar fortress from the 16th century that is located in the highest part of town, overlooking the city. From 2009 it houses the collection of the Army Museum.

- The Gothic Cathedral dating from the thirteenth century (photo on the right)

- Museo del Greco (artist) where you can find many important paintings of him.

To mark the fourth centenary of the publication of the first part of Don Quichote, the Council of Communities of Castile-La Mancha designed a series of routes through the region crossing the various points in the novel are cited. In Toledo there is also a monument of Cervantes, the author of Don Quichote.

If you don't remember Don Quichote, you should see a video, that for sure will remind you about him:
Information about Don Quichote route: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,_Spain

• Śnieżka - the highest peak of Karkonosze, 1602 meters above sea level (a visibility in favourable conditions surpasses 200 km!). On Śnieżka is also Meteorological Observatory.
  
• Szklarka Waterfall (520meters above sea level) - the most popular waterfall in Karkonosze, not as tall as a waterfall Kamieńczyk, but equally beautiful ( or even more beautiful).
  
• Kamienczyk Waterfall (846 meters above sea level) - the highest waterfall in Polsih part of Sudety, water falls from 27 meters.
  
• Small Pond Cauldron - glacial kettle at the foot of the Równia pod Śnieżką and Smogornia Peak
  
• A lot of peaks, passes and rock formations on the trail, but there are too many to describe them in one post ;-)
  

All photos in this post I took during trip in september 2008.

The other trip I decided to make was to the capital of Spain - Madrid.

There are many parks worth to visit but the best one and probably one of the most famous places in Madrid is Parque de Retiro. There are many things to see there, like Palacio Crystal, la Puerta de España, Monument of Alfonso XII, La rosaleda. There is also a possibility to row a boat.




Other places that every person should see is Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor, two main squares with many restaurant, souvenir shops all around. On Plaza Mayor there is Casa de la Panaderia with very characteristic frescoes and the monument of Philip III on the horse.



Really important place is also The Royal Palace with gardens in its surrounding. The Royal Palace in Madrid is actually used (but not owned) by the king of Spain for state ceremonial activities. The palace was built on the site of a former alcazar that burned down in 1734. It took 26 years to complete. A visitor to the palace today gets to see 50 of its 2800 rooms.

To those who like art I recommend visiting two big museums in Madrid ( free at the weekends;)) - Museo del Prado and Museo de Sofia Reina, very famous ones.

If you want to see Madrid not just on pictures you should watch this movie, maybe not so professional, but showing all interesting places with really nice music;)


Information about the Royal Palace: http://www.travelinginspain.com/Palace.html