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Dancing in Madrid
... tapas comes from the Spanish word tapa which means 'cover' as one day the king was having a drink but the sand was flying into it, so a waiter brought him a new one with a plate of food to cover his drink, when he ordered another drink he asked for it with a 'tapa'... and so tapas was made. Yay! Another interesting fact was that about why ham is so popular and so good in Spain, it comes from ...
A Fantastic Weekend in Madrid!
... mid-evil town that is set in the gothic era. Everything is stone. We went into an amazing chapel and also into a few castles owned by the royal family. We took a highspeed to Toledo. It was so fun to experience how fast they actually go!
On Sunday we visited a Monastery and the Palace of El Escorial in Segovia. Segovia is supposedly the place of inspiration of Walt Disney. The ...
Madrid II
As our time in lovely Spain draws to a close I'll recount the past few days... On Saturday it was quite hot in Barca and I finally got to play some tennis. So I took a train to a suburb Cornella and Rob went out to a few museums and Montjuic. I can tell right away that the Europeans take their tennis quite seriously, this being only a friendly hit! So I'll have to be on my game when the tournaments start. Later in the ...
A City of Palaces
... of the beautiful pieces of ancient architecture are mixed in with the modern apartment buildings and stores.
We also visited El Pardo a few days ago, which was the castle of Francisco Franco. The gardens were really beautiful, though I think the guards were slightly annoyed that there were a bunch of Americans roaming the grounds all at the same time. I can't wait to actually get to go inside of the palaces. Lucky for ...
Winding down.....
... hills interspersed throughout, and the expanse of the Copacabana and other beaches that frame it perfectly. And through the clouds you could glimpse a fluorescence from Cristo who overlooks the city- eerie seeing the light in the night-mist.
For methat view from sugarloaf was more moving than the waterfalls if I am being honest, not sure why I loved it as much as I did, I just did.
After another ma-hoo-sive dinner at a Churasceria, Alexia and I scurried off to ...