Lodging

My parents found the price of gas on their own and just gave me a total transportation cost of $110 - not bad considering the van (we had to go with a more expensive one because the rest were already reserved) and the gas will be pretty spendy!

I'm happy to announce that I have confirmed all three places we will be staying while abroad so that we won't have to all sleep in the van :) Here's the rundown:

Toledo: Pensión Arrabal - $20.53/night/person
http://www.pensionarrabal.com/ES/HostalHTM.php

* It's your general "pensión," a cheap inn-type lodging. We have a room with one double bed and one twin bed. The pensión has a small, local restaurant connected to it, and it's pretty much in the center of town.
* Here are pictures of the outside:




This is the restaurant :D The stairs to the left go up to the upper street.





The building on the right is the pensión - the restaurant is around the corner of the building.



* Here is the address if you want to look at it on google maps yourself: Calle de Alfonso VI, 1, 45003 Toledo, Spain

Segovia: Refitolería Apartamentos - $37.40/night/person
http://www.refitoleriaapartamentos.com/apartamentos.html (it's all in Spanish, but it's the version of their website that has all of the information on it)
http://www.refitoleriaapartamentos.com/flashgallery/flashgallery.html (pictures)

* My friends and I have one apartment, and my family has the other. It's on a small street, walking distance from most everything.
* Pictures of outside:












The cathedral is cut out, but I believe it's on the other side of the wall to the right of the photo.



* Address: Calle de la Refitolería, 5, 40003 Segovia, Spain

Madrid: Hotel La Bañezana - $38.90/night/person
http://www.hostallabanezana.com/IN/index.php
http://www.labanezana.es/ (on the HOME page of this website, it shows some outside views)

* Again, us girls have one room (a triple, three twin beds), my parents have a double, and my brother's in a single.
* Pictures of outside:


Zoomed in so you can see the sign :)







It has a restaurant underneath it.












* Address: La Bañezana, Calle de la Cruz, 26, 28012 Madrid, Spain *note: the red diamonds with little blue rectangles inside of them signify bus/subway stations - if you click on "More..." on the top right-hand side of the map (in google maps) and choose "Transit," the map will display all the subway lines.


Happily, we stayed under budget for each place!!! I had set the limit to $40/night/person, which left us $91 each per day to spend on food and whatever else we feel we might need (or want) to buy :)