Willow and Juanjo

By popular demand, I’ve uploaded a set of pictures from other Spanish weddings to give a sense of what to wear (in case you can’t tell from the topic matter, it’s Willow writing!). Not that we’re telling you what to wear at all! Just want to give those of you who’ve asked as sense of styles there. (The first time I went to a wedding in Spain, Juanjo’s mom helped me put the outfit together. 🙂 )

Basically, our wedding will be very formal, in the evening. It’s not outdoors, but may get cold, so women probably need something for their shoulders. Most men will be wearing suits.

See our album on Flickr with pictures from weddings we’ve been to. We’re going to another later this month, and we’ll take more pictures.

A few people have asked about getting to and from Madrid-Barajas airport either late at night or early in the morning, which prompted me to do a bit of research into the matter. Here’s information about getting to and from Toledo:

TRAIN: There’s a high speed train (30 minutes) that runs between Madrid-Atocha station and Toledo. Renfe is the Spanish train company. I checked the schedule and it looks like there are trains until 10pm on weekdays, and 12am on weekends.

BUS: My first trip to Toledo back when I was a student in Spain (little did I know the connection I’d end up having with the place!) was on a bus. The bus station is walking distance from the old town, it’s cheaper than the train, and there are a lot of times all day long (5 or 6 am ’til midnight). The bus station in Madrid is “Estación Sur”, just south of Atocha. To get there take the subway from the airport (Line 8) until it ends at NUEVOS MINISTERIOS. Change to line 6. Take it so that the first station is REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, and exit on the ninth stop (MENDEZ ALVARO). (Don’t worry if you take it the wrong way, since line 6 is a circular one and will also get to PAC͍FICO, only after 19 stops). (Thanks to Tino and Vicente for this information-see the comment to this post). Try this website or this one for bus schedules.

TAXI: I read that a taxi costs about 90 Euros, so it’s expensive. But if you’re getting in late and can find someone else who is too, perhaps you could share a taxi? Otherwise, if you don’t have hotel arrangements yet, and have a really late or early flight, consider staying at a hotel near the airport (we’re going to ask our friend whose wife is a flight attendant there for a recommendation).

RENTAL CAR: Parking’s really hard in Toledo, and it’s easy to get around without a car, so we don’t recommend renting a car if you can help it. But if you’ve got bigger plans and want a car, we recommend trying the company we’re renting my family’s car from–they’ve got good prices (my family is staying outside the city of Toledo)

More info? We’ll put it here as we think of it, but feel free to post comments and give each other tips. Also, see this travel site with handy information (in English) compiled from a conference that took place in Toledo.

And most recently–look at Vicente de Prada’s comment, an old friend of Juanjo’s. Thank you Vicente! This information is much more detailed and helpful than what I put in this post!

Nada de verguüenzas. ¡Dinos lo que estás pensando!

A los demás les va a interesar un montón lo que te apetece ver en Toledo, puede que incluso se apunten a organizar una escapada contigo antes o después de la boda y hacer más ameno el viaje, ¿¡ quién sabe !?

Para empezar, vamos a hablar de los Hoteles:

• ¿Ya tienes la reserva?
• ¿Cuántas noches te quedas?
• ¿Te han hecho buen precio?
• ¿Otros planes antes/después de la boda?

Así nos ayudas con los preparativos para los días antes de la boda. ¡Venga!

Según nos llegue información al respecto de los vuelos que la gente vaya reservando la intentaremos ir añadiendo aquí.

Rutas de especial interés:

• San Francisco – Madrid, Madrid San Francisco con Iberia (parada en Chicago, NY o Miami)
• San Francisco – Londres, Londres – Madrid y luego de vuelta por otro camino (para aquellos que tienen amigos en Londres, de manera similar se puede parar en París, Munich o Francfort)
• ¿Otras?

¡Por favor mantenednos informados sobre las tarifas que vayáis encontrando!

As we get information from people regarding their flight reservations we will be posting them here.

Some routes we’ll be watching are:

• San Francisco – Madrid, Madrid San Francisco on Iberia (layover in Chicago, NY or Miami)
• San Francisco – London, London – Madrid and then back some other way (for those stopping to see friends in London, similarly this could would easily with Paris, Frankfurt or Munich)
• Others?

Please keep us posted on your inquiries and interesting combinations!

(See the hotel and apartment information page for overview of lodging options)

So you think making Toledo your center of operations might be a good idea? We do too!

There’s a few apartments that we visited which were frankly quite nice. Madrid is a quick train ride away (it takes me just as long to head over to Berkeley every day!) and you can make it to many places via Metro from the Atocha train station that the AVE high speed train will leave you at.

So, what you waiting for? Start telling people what you are looking for, which apartment looks interesting to you, how many nights you would like to stay, etc.

You can do it here or in private, but make sure to ask us questions in the blog so that we can answer them for everybody.

Here’s a few questions to get going:

• Who wants to share an apartment?
• How many nights are you planning to spend in Toledo?
• Have you called any of the places we’ve listed and they are already booked?

Any others?

(See the hotel and apartment information page for overview of lodging options)

Don’t be shy. Let us know what you are thinking!

Others might be interested in hearing what you would like to see in beautiful Spain, decide to share a few days with you while there, rent a car together, who knows!?!

For starters, let’s talk about Hotels:

• Have you booked yours yet?
• How many nights are you staying?
• Did you get a killer deal?
• What about other legs of your trip?

This will also help us plan the activities around the wedding, so don’t be shy!!!