Palacio Real de El Pardo Madrid

12.1.13

Today was one of those days where people pointed at us and said "look, Americans". After waking up pretty late, my friends feeling sick from a night in la discoteca, and me feeling sick from a sinus infection, we left bed just in time for lunch. After that, we decided not to siesta, and explore instead. We walked through el Puerto …

Our final stop was Madrid. So we bookended the trip with the two big cities, Barcelona and Madrid.

Madrid is nice. We walked around a couple of the main plazas often, since our hostal was very close to both of them. And we only had to take one metro line 3 or 4 stops to get most of wherever we wanted to go, so it was easier to get around …

Sadly it was time to head to our final Spanish destination, Madrid! We had breakfast and headed to the train station bright and early where Jen and Katie bought some tea for the journey. We boarded the train, and although we had assigned seats, we decided to be rebellious and sit in a random four seater so we could all be together. Whilst loading …

This morning Leslie and I decided to tour the Palacio Real de El Pardo. It is only about 15 kilometers north of our home. Maybe three or four kilometers south of El Pardo is the Palacio de Zarzuela. That is where the current King and Queen of Spain live today. Quite often when we, the embassy, have VIP visitors, they come to Palacio de Zarzuela to …