Alcala de Henares

Our last day was at the university town of Alcala de Henares. It was a beautiful town very much like a Cambridge, Oxford or St Andrews with lots of delightful old buildings and a very pleasant relaxed atmosphere. The town centre was heaving in the evening when everyone seemed to be out for the "paseo". We had a nice walk in the historic centre and a less nice walk through a park and along the river. In theory they had spent €5m on developing the park but it was a mess in so many ways.

The town was also full of nesting storks on every ancient church and university building.