Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Day 3 - to Madrid and Beyond!

I Today found us doing a bus tour of Madrid in the morning, we had a great local guide named Daniel. He showed us parts of the city I haven't seen before such as the Plaza de Toros (bullring) and the Real Madrid stadium, which was bustling to prepare for the Rolling Stones concert tonight! Too bad the show was sold out.


La Caixa Forum and the largest vertical garden in the world.

We also visited el Palacio Real but since the new king was in residence taking audiences with his constituents it was closedm but we were lucky enough to watch a military procession march up in front of the palace itself. Then we visited the Reina Sofia art museum with all of the modern art of Spain, such as Picasso's Guernica and some works by Salvador Dalí.

El Palacio Real

We went to lunch, then half the group went to Toldeo and we explored Madrid a bit more. I guided our group to partake the sites in Plaza Mayor and then el Parque de Buen Retiro. We met up with the rest of our group and went to a tapas dinner that we all enjoyed. We ended our night at the San Gines Chocolateria where the group tried churros con chocolate.

Street performers in Puerta del Sol

La Plaza Mayor

La chocolatería San Gines

Tomorrow we will delight in the sights of Salamanca!

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for the postings. Looks like you had a great day. Now that have figured out how to advance through the days on the iPhone, I am looking for ward to reading about your next adventure.
    D Keenen

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