Day 3- 1/6
Today we took a tour of Old Madrid, our guide was a typical British man, Steven. He was hilarious, a historian and knew not only the dates everything happened but which day of the week it was.
We saw the Senate, Egyptian pyramids at La casa de campo which is the boundary for the city of Madrid and the country side.
We then walked around the outside of El Palacio Real of the royal family of Spain and the King Juan Carlos. The family does not actually live there because there are over 2,000 rooms but we saw the military parade for el Dia de los reyes. I guess the guy in the white on the horse is not the king but we thought so for a while, and took a million pictures of him to find out he wouldn't appear until later and we would miss him. Not that I knew who the king of Spain was before this trip anyways.
Not the king...apparently
We saw the courtyard outside the Palace. If the flags are up you cannot go in. There was a church near the palace, se llama Almudena, the domes are painted by Francisco de Goya. We then walked more around old Madrid. It was very hilly, but not as busy as the barrio around our hotel.
El Almudena
Then we went for a Paella lunch at El Arrozal, una paelleria. The shrimp still had their eyes!! It was good but a little freaky. We also had Sangria and a dessert. Sherbet de limion con champagne! Delicioso!
Plaza Mayor
Plaza Mayor with Crystal
There were a lot of people in the square doing crazy things like dressing up as babies, weird creatures and statues in order to get money. We are going to a Flamenco show for dinner tonight! …The flamenco was ok. Similar to the one I’ve seen in Madison before.
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