Silken Puerta de Madrid
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Mother Madrid
... and sweet is to die for! The hot chocolate is not the same as what we drink at home. It tastes like those packets of chocolate pudding that we get in SA that they just heated up. The combination with the churros is very good but after two fingers (and they gave me 8!!) I was done and ready for that afternoon nap. For dinner we went to a lovely restaurant down the road just to get back just before midnight. At midnight Clarissa was the first to wish me for my birthday and ...
Real Madrid
... for Walt Disney’s Disney castle…
Before we played princess we inspected the aqueducts, built by the Romans around 50BC with 20,000 blocks of granite and not one drop of mortar. As a structural engineer Bethany found this particularly impressive. We spent the rest of the afternoon frolicking around the 11th century castle striking our best princess poses on the turrets and among the shiny suits of armour.
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El inicio de todo
Deslice mi mirada hacia mi muñeca, el reloj marcaba las 2:00 de la madrugada, no tenía muy claro que acababa de suceder hacia tan solo unos minutos... Aun seguía con la ropa de deporte, y el móvil permanecía iluminando parte del salón después del envío del ultimo mensaje: Paco nos vamos, se podía leer todavía antes que finalmente se apagara la pantalla... Respire y comencé con la búsqueda de billetes de tren y autobús acompañado de la música del móvil que me indicaba una y otra vez, ...
Madrid: welcoming Emily and heartbreak at TBell
... come into terminals 1, 2 or 3, I decided the best bet would be to get off at that stop rather than the terminal 4 stop. Once there, I checked the boards for the London flights. Every flight coming in from London appeared to be arriving in terminal 1. I inquired at one of the information desks if that was where all the London flights came in, and the woman confirmed that that's where Emily would be arriving. I waited there for about an hour, as the ...
Madrid!
... by Tiepolo and Goya and lots by Rubens were other highlights for me. The Prado also has the benefit of having a very nice cafe/restaurant, so it was a good start to Madrid.
On the second day I went on another Sandeman's walking tour. Sorry, you are all probably sick of hearing about walking tours, but I really love them! They appeal to the history nerd, snap happy tourist, budget conscious tourist and environmentalist in me all at the same time. This one was led by ...