Egido Via Lusitana
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Revolutions and Sunshine.
... Edinburgh...Cork.....Buenos Aires.....it happens all the time....it is like someone has a huge sunlight torch and is shining it on our journey. The other thing that keeps happening is that we wander into revolts...protest rallies....political activist gathering....it happened in Buenos Aires.....we wandered into a police / protesters standoff in Vienna...we found ourselves the only tourists amongst 30 000 Orange Order Protestants in Belfast because we ...
Militant gypsys
... s. we had to hustle out of there and back to the hotel to pick up our bags. Feet are hurting so bad at this point but we make it to the trainstation with about an hour to spare. Tonight we take a train hotel to lisbon in which the cabins are equipped with a sink and two bunk beds but nothing much else. cozy to say the least. We rolled out of madrid around 1030. I spent a few hours reading looking at the orange streetlights drift by our window. Next stop ...
Getting around the city
After a 4 hour nap to recover from the trip, I headed out to the Prado Museum and the Reigna Sofía Museum. The Prado was 95% paintings, only a handful of which I actually recognized. Of course that's because of my ignorance when it comes to paintings, not because the museum didn't have a great collection! A couple artists pieces I recognized were by Velazquéz and Moya. Some ...
Mad for Madrid
... know, and he is going to be contacting some potential campervan buyers. It is quite empty for the season… ourselves and 2 other campervans. It is costing about $28 per night including wifi and electricity. There are showers, but they are open to the zero degree outdoors, so we haven't braved them yet. We are a ten minute walk to the Metro, which then takes about 25 minutes to downtown, and for only about $1.25 each. It is still cold at night, probably about – ...
Free Day
... courtyard was really wide open and cool. Then, you go on a linear progression of the palace rooms. Each one is totally unique, has amazing patterns and details, and lots of intricate chandeliers, clocks, frescoes, vases, and more. I also saw the armory, which is filled with genuine suits of armour, swords, shields, and rifles.
After that, I met some of our group at Puerto del Sol, and we went to a few religious stores. I was keen on getting a crucifix for ...