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Mad for Madrid
... the top.
What is unique about Cuenca is that the eastern side of the hill is essentially a cliffside of maybe 300 metres down into a canyon with a picturesque little river, and more picturesque structures further up the canyon. A few of the buildings are cantilevered over the edge, and are called the "hanging buildings" of Cuente.
The most picturesque of these is a 14th C building which has been rebuilt to be the Museum of Abstract Art of ...
Madrid World Youth Day - Day 3
... restaurants and souvenir stores. We did some shopping and took a break for a soda or water.In the evening, we went for a cable-car ride over the Casa de Campo, a naturally preserved park that once was the royal hunting grounds for the Spanish king.
On Wednesday night, a few from our group joined the Spanish volunteers to cheer on Real Madrid as they played FC Barcelona in the televised soccer ...
Madrid
... actually is fun and it is awesome to see and experience first hand all of these things that I have heard about or seen pictures of in class after all these years. The same goes for the paintings that I saw at the museums, mainly one at the Prado and the other at la Reina Sofia. I honestly don't have the patience to be in museums for very long, but because we are students we got in for free (thanks mom, you were right!). I saw Guernica ...
Barcelona surprise
... to everything. The rooms good, clean and no complaints at all. We went to Monserrat in the afternoon and very glad we did, it was wonderful. Everyone felt the same about this optional tour. We went up into the mountains to see a Benedictine monastery and to be honest the trip up there was worth the money in it's self. The weather hot and just wonderful as was the ...
Madrid
... in it's collection Picasso's 'Guernica'. It was a little rushed but always worth it to see the world class art museums.
I was also able to meet up with Pedro who I had met in Lisbon. He convinced me to have mojitos as according to him it was a cultural experience when in Madrid. Another big night out followed but this was a fitting end to what had been a great trip.
It was back to London the next day and then after a weekend break .... off to South ...


