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Viva Espana!
... so bad and we were so tired that we stopped paying attention and started complaining after the first hour of the guided tour ( sorry mom and dad).
After the tour we ventured to our homes..so exciting! I'm living in a shared flat with two other girls both from UCF in Florida, Libia and Ediola. Libia is Brazilian and Ediola is Albanian and they're both my age. The owner of our apartment is Jaime, or Jimi as we call him and he is 30 ...
El Escorial Monastery
Today was a multi-destination day. First on our itinerary was the monastery/palace/basilica of El Escorial, about 30 minutes from Madrid. This place is a HUGE square building, with a basilica right in the middle of it, where the kings of Spain are buried. Sadly, as in many places that we went to, they don't allow pictures to be taken inside many of the rooms. I ...
Across the Pond with Teens in Tow
... Madrid.
We left Anchorage Wednesday night and arrived in Lisbon the day after in the morning with an 8 hour layover (by choice). I couldn't think of a better place for a long layover in the day. With backpacks checked to Madrid we taxied to the National Archaeology Museum and pondered the traveling Lusitanuan exhibit about ancient Roman religion. At the entrance there are two granite statues of ...
First trip to Spain
... into line...slip into the place I belonged from the start...near the front.
"Sorry maám, please get to the back of the line." I had been caught, again.
I trudged to the back of the que, angry with myself that I had even tried it.
Second times a charm I guess. I made it through the security and "clothing lines" with no problems. I was in and wow, it was definitely worth the hassle. The detail and grandiosity of it all was unbelievable...I ...
Home...
... a straw if I see him. (Fans of friends will get this reference, my apologies to everyone else!)
We grabbed an afternoon snack (quickly becoming a very bad habit) and went grocery shopping for a few basics (eggs, bread, vino, cava). We are just a couple of minutes from Retiro Park and plan to explore it this ...
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