Do you see what I did there? No? Oh... it's the football team. So it's like a joke - real/Real Madrid. Still no? Nevermind...
I'm a few days behind. . . What have we been doing? Seville was beautiful and amazing, we had a really great time there. I would highly recommend. On... Tuesday? Yes. Tuesday we headed to Granada to see Alhambra, this amazing hillside fortress. Long story short, they are dumb and have a limited number of tickets per day and we missed out so instead we ate pasta with a stolen fork outside the cathedral. It was a nice day anyway :)
Got to Madrid quite late and had a bit of a mission to find our hostel, which made Peggy and I both a bit grumpy. In the end we got a taxi, which cost less than three euro and was totally worth it. Wednesday we were going to go to the palace but it was shut until 1.30pm and then the queue was massive so we skipped it. We went to the Prado, the big old art gallery full of El Greco and Goya. I had an amazing time. I wasn't very familiar with El Greco so was blown away by his large-scale works. His style is so different to anything before or even after him for a few hundred years. Peggy could probably have done the gallery in half the time but was very patient with me. We went to a nearby park and ate ice cream afterwards. It was idyllic.
Yesterday we went to Toledo. It was a bit of a non-stop drama to get there, but once we made it it was lovely. El Greco lived there at the end of his life so the museum has a lot of his works, as well as some well preserved medieval statues and tapestries. The cathedral was huge, it went forever and included a planted courtyard. The last of the top three stops is the Iglesias de Santo Tome, which has a big alterpiece by El Greco. We got to the church but decided we were church-weary so we ate ice cream and walked around instead.
Today was designated a plan-nothing day and plan nothing we did. I went to find a second hand bookstore I had read about, but it was closed when I got there. The good news is all the clothing stores were open so I may have a few new things to fit in my bag now. Peggy and I split for the morning, she stayed at the hostel a bit later then went for a walk so she didn't have to put up with my umming and awwing (is there an official spelling for that phrase?) over dresses. I found a great store called Sfera - very cute and very reasonable prices. I got a gorgeous black dress and also found a cardigan from a different shop. So yes, I had fun :) On the way back the bookshop was open so I picked up a few things. More than I probably should have, but I couldn't resist the one euro table.
This afternoon we went for another walk around the area our hostel is in. Ate hamburgers, bought a sim card, window shopped... Peggy bought an adorable skirt, which is not very practical for travel so I'm very proud. Now we're resting and deciding whether to go out for a drink tonight. We have quite an early start tomorrow but I'm keen to experience some of the famous (infamous?) Spanish nightlife. Oh well - maybe in Barcelona.
I'm a few days behind. . . What have we been doing? Seville was beautiful and amazing, we had a really great time there. I would highly recommend. On... Tuesday? Yes. Tuesday we headed to Granada to see Alhambra, this amazing hillside fortress. Long story short, they are dumb and have a limited number of tickets per day and we missed out so instead we ate pasta with a stolen fork outside the cathedral. It was a nice day anyway :)
Got to Madrid quite late and had a bit of a mission to find our hostel, which made Peggy and I both a bit grumpy. In the end we got a taxi, which cost less than three euro and was totally worth it. Wednesday we were going to go to the palace but it was shut until 1.30pm and then the queue was massive so we skipped it. We went to the Prado, the big old art gallery full of El Greco and Goya. I had an amazing time. I wasn't very familiar with El Greco so was blown away by his large-scale works. His style is so different to anything before or even after him for a few hundred years. Peggy could probably have done the gallery in half the time but was very patient with me. We went to a nearby park and ate ice cream afterwards. It was idyllic.
Yesterday we went to Toledo. It was a bit of a non-stop drama to get there, but once we made it it was lovely. El Greco lived there at the end of his life so the museum has a lot of his works, as well as some well preserved medieval statues and tapestries. The cathedral was huge, it went forever and included a planted courtyard. The last of the top three stops is the Iglesias de Santo Tome, which has a big alterpiece by El Greco. We got to the church but decided we were church-weary so we ate ice cream and walked around instead.
Today was designated a plan-nothing day and plan nothing we did. I went to find a second hand bookstore I had read about, but it was closed when I got there. The good news is all the clothing stores were open so I may have a few new things to fit in my bag now. Peggy and I split for the morning, she stayed at the hostel a bit later then went for a walk so she didn't have to put up with my umming and awwing (is there an official spelling for that phrase?) over dresses. I found a great store called Sfera - very cute and very reasonable prices. I got a gorgeous black dress and also found a cardigan from a different shop. So yes, I had fun :) On the way back the bookshop was open so I picked up a few things. More than I probably should have, but I couldn't resist the one euro table.
This afternoon we went for another walk around the area our hostel is in. Ate hamburgers, bought a sim card, window shopped... Peggy bought an adorable skirt, which is not very practical for travel so I'm very proud. Now we're resting and deciding whether to go out for a drink tonight. We have quite an early start tomorrow but I'm keen to experience some of the famous (infamous?) Spanish nightlife. Oh well - maybe in Barcelona.
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I got it! Did you see any famous players? Would you know if you had?! Glad you are getting so much out of this trip. Toronto might be a bit boring after this. Momb.
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