Try Salamanca by train from Madrid.

This blurb is prompted by a post from ‘Lica’ in a November UHH issue.
Lica had a Sony Cybershot (which was stolen) and needed advice on replacement.
My 1962 Olympus Pen S was also stolen but I have a 2009 Sony Cybershot which I still use and have considered what to replace it with.

The first camera I used (my father’s) was a Kodak bellows type with B&W 120 film.
Photographed a variety of visiting US military aircraft at the 1959 opening of Wellington Airport (Rongotai) in New Zealand and saw some great photo opportunities (which I missed) as follows:

* RAF Avro Vulcan bomber was attempting a ‘touch-and-go’ landing but hit soft ground before the start of the sealed runway, causing the left undercarriage to fold back and puncture a wing fuel tank. The Vulcan recovered and as it powered away above me, I noticed fuel streaming out of the punctured tank. I watched it disappear into the distance, wondering why it did not retract the undercarriage. It crash-landed at the RNZAF Ohakea air force base about 140 km north of Wellington and spent some time there being repaired before flying back to England.

* RNZAF Short Sunderland flying boat doing a low-level flypast down the length of the runway inadvertently came into contact with the ground and ripped a hole in the keel.
I watched it disappear into the distance trailing escaping bilge water. It landed at the NZ air force base in Auckland and quickly beached before it could sink.

* USAF McDonnell Voodoo roared overhead, went vertical with afterburners and punched a hole in the clouds, exposing blue sky through the swirling hole.

Oh for a modern camera (with video capability) to capture some of those highlights of the day.

First camera I purchased (1962) was an Olympus Pen S (35mm half-frame). A 36 exposure film would realize 72 or more shots but I sometimes got the film retailer to load extra length of B&W film to achieve up to 90 exposures.

Second camera used through the 1970s was a Yashica 35mm non-reflex.

Third camera was my father’s Minolta XG1 which I inherited in 1982 and subsequently purchased several extra second-hand lenses for it.

Fourth camera, purchased in 2008, is a Sony Cybershot which has 15x optical zoom and (only) 8Mp sensor. I have taken thousands of photos and videos with this camera which still serves me well after numerous European trips.
The only extras I have needed are more memory sticks because I like to take videos to capture some of the panoramic scenes and action shots. If I bought a new camera to replace it, I would consider something similar with 16 to 20+ Mp and 50 to 60x optical zoom, usually in the US$400-600 price range.

I have discussed with friends the choice of a high Mp camera with extra lenses versus my preference for a single lens variable zoom camera and modest Mp capability. One friend preferred a high Mp camera and the ability to enlarge and crop the image on a computer. My operating preference in the field is to zoom in on detail that cannot otherwise be seen (or identified with the naked eye) and make that the shot. I like to take a landscape shot and subsequently zoom in to take close-up shots of interesting details. This beats mucking around with lens changes. Was keen on the Nikon P900, then came the Nikon P1000 (both only have 16Mp sensors) but I saw a scathing review on-line re the P1000. Maybe the winner should be another Sony?

Note also - No U after O unless your favourite proper English coloured neighbour is eating his flavoured mouldy doughnuts.