Our Adventure

So today Bre, Mallory, and I decided to go on an adventure. None of us had ever ridden the metro, and we didn't really know where we were going, but we wanted to visit El Palacio Real which is one of the top sights to see in Madrid. So, we consulted a map and a metro route map and figured out how to get there. We ended up walking half way, around 30 minutes, but the El Palacio was beautiful! We saw a lot of cool history on the way too. We waded in the fountain of a giant statue and explored the Plaza de Oriente. After we saw the palace, we decided to walk towards this pretty building in the distance we thought was a temple on our map, but we ended up losing sight of the temple and found some park with about a thousand stairs. So we thought we'd have a great view of Madrid from the top, and once we finally made it up there, we did! It was beautiful. At the top of that huge hill was also the temple we thought was the other building, so we found it on accident. Going into the temple was gratis (free) so we did. Inside, we found a bunch of Egyptian carvings and it was pretty cool. We decided to walk back because we were exhausted from all the museums and walking to the palace and everything. We're still not used to the time change either. So we finally made it back to the hotel and hung out for a little while before meeting up with Allison and Jenny to go to dinner. We all ordered cheeseburgers (so American) because they were cheap (lol) and the one time I don't ask if it has mayonnaise, I get a burger slathered in it. :( So I took the bottom bun off that luckily had lettuce all stuck to it, soooo I survived. But barely. :) After dinner, we all came back and I decided to back out on the whole Kapital thing after I found out it would cost me approximately 30 U.S. dollars just to get in. Plus we have to get up early to leave for Toledo, so this worked out best anyways. Hasta luego!

Besos!