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Travel Blogs from Madrid

Let there be light!

A travel blog entry by gretchen.swain

... it, but one was still at her house from the long weekend. The girl that was there is 19 and has pretty good English. We talked for an hour getting to know each other and talking a bit about some current events. Next week I'll get to know the other girl and will have to come up with another theme to talk about. After my hour I went to check my mail and got my 5 euros. :) It is great to be paid to talk in your own ...

The bear and the madrono tree

A travel blog entry by bergerhof

... 2008 we had visited Guernica and the moment to those killed in the Nazi bombing of the town in northern Spain in 1937, which was sanctioned by General Franco to teach a lesson to the Basque people. The painting is 268 square feet, a huge testament to the horrors of war.

Dinner tonight was at "World's Oldest Restaurant", featuring suckling pig and just-picked-today white asparagus as specialties. Totally touristy and totally delicious!

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Madrid Days 2 and 3

A travel blog entry by sucook2012

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Our best stop was at the Palacio Real de Madrid. King Juan Carlos and Sophia have private quarters there but they don't often stay there. Instead the palace is used for state visits and other national celebrations and events. Because it is still an official and active building, it is in excellent condition and fully furnished. There are 2800 rooms in the Palace. The well traveled people in our group said that in comparison Versailles is empty and less breath taking. They ...

¡Madrid!

A travel blog entry by viva.sabata

... and Jed bought a cute communist military cap. The girls also bought a coplue of pairs of knee-high leather boots. Alta seems much more friendly now and tolerated a visit to the Prado fine art museum. Tons of pre-1900's paintings and sculptures. I enjoyed the lesser-known artists the most. There was a common biblical theme, except for royal family portriats. After dinner we visited the El Juglar flamenco school where we saw a very intense performance done ...

Travel to Madrid

A travel blog entry by rojugu

... stood in the aisles blocking the staff, yelling at each other dancing, singing, clapping, throwing things playing music, sitting on each other. If there were only a few chickens roaming around the aisles, the whole picture would be complete.

There was a lot of turbulence getting in to Madrid airport, but once landed everything else was so simple. It cost me all of €2 to get from ...