All three of us got on a 55 passenger bus and headed to the north.  We stop at Sevilla for about 20 minuets and pickup about a twenty or so more passengers while changing the driver.  From Sevilla we went to Carmona and pickup another four and in Cordoba a couple more.  We might of picked up a couple more some where between Sevilla and Bailen, but I am not sure.  In Bailen we changed buses to one of Andal Tour's buses.  In Bailen we join a group of passenger come up from the Granada and Malaga areas.  From Bailen we went north for a couple of hours to Hotel Casa Marcos were we had lunch.  After lunch we continued driving north, stopping in Madrid and picking up three more couples.  Around 10:00 PM we arrival at Hotel Europa Centro in Palencia Spain unloaded our bags, had dinner and retired to our rooms.  The Hotel Europa Centro was an outstanding hotel and we highly recommend it, the rooms were large with showere/bath, color TV, remote control  and the food was excellent.  But, it still was a long day from 8:00 am until 10:00 PM on a bus.  So our first day started at about 6:00 AM and ended a little after midnight and this schedule would continue for the next 7 days.