Sorry for the delayed blog…the Wi-Fi in our last hotel was
ridiculously slooooowww….and that’s putting it mildly. It was frustratingly slow, so let’s catch up
on what we’ve been up to!
Tuesday we did a city tour of Madrid. With our hotel up in
the north, we were able to see the business district of Madrid, and head down
the Castellana towards center city. First stop was Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
(aka Real Madrid stadium) were we popped off for pics. Needless to say, the boys were in
heaven. Down to the Alcala gate, and
over to see the bullring. Originally we
were going to pop off there too for pics, but it was full of thousands of kids
on a field trip. Next we stopped at the Atocha train station to (a) see the
greenhouse on the inside, but also to show were the Madrid bombings that killed
200 and injured 2000. A bus tour around the Cibeles fountain (which is where
the Real Madrid fans celebrate their victories), up Gran Vía shopping street,
towards our next stop: Temple of Debod. From there we were able to get a great
panoramic view of the Casa del Campo park as well as the Royal Palace. As the Palace is closed due to the
coronation, we were not able to enter, but were able to take pics as well as go
into the cathedral next door. We
continued meandering towards Plaza Mayor so we could do a Tapas lunch down in
the cellar of this awesome cave. We had
about 6 rounds of tapas: jamón serrano
& manchego cheese, chorizo, calamari, tortilla española, and patatas
bravas. Then the Tuna band showed up, a
group of university musicians, to entertain the kids with some minstrel-type
music. A good time was had by all!!
After all that, we had some free time…so off the kids went
to shop. We met back up a few hours
later and headed to the beautiful Prado museum to see some great classic
masterpieces…and take illegal selfies. (cough..cough..Hunter…)
Needless to say, it was a BUSY day (like always) so crashed
after dinner…and with spotty Wi-Fi, no blogging.
Another great day Wednesday, so keep reading!
~steph :)
~steph :)
p.s. sorry, no pics - not enough memory allowed at this hotel.
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| Temple de Debod |
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| Girls just wanna have fun! |
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| Royal Palace - this is as close as we could get. |
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| Zero KM in Madrid |
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