Hotel Barrett, Rome, Italy, 19 May 2025
The Three Blackbirds, Newmarket, UK, 11 May 2025
Grand Hotel, Łódź, Poland, 20 April 2025
Hotel Polonia Palace, Warsaw, Poland, 18 April 2025

An excellent breakfast. A good choice of warm and cold dishes. The warm dishes include the standard ones, but also some Polish specialties, such as roast apples or dumplings with apricots (very yummy). Cold dishes or a nice, with varied spread of salads, cheese, cold cuts including both herring and…
Iceland Parliament Hotel, Reykjavik, Iceland, 8 April 2025
Motel One, Dublin, Ireland, 30 March 2025
Casa Platón Páramo, Oropesa, Spain, 18 March 2025
Parador de Mérida, Mérida, Spain, 17 March, 2025

In a previous post I noted that the paradors tend to be similar, as are, therefore, their breakfasts. That being said, today’s breakfast was somewhat more disappointing than the others encountered on this trip. The bread continued to be unattractive, clearly not freshly baked. As previously, no vegetables for breakfast.…
Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo, Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, 16 March 2025

The paradors all have fairly standardised menus and arrangements. These are of decent, I would say high quality. That being said, there are a few points to make. Once again, surprisingly, the orange juice is not freshly squeezed despite this being a large orange-growing country. There are machines for coffee,…