Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Day 18: Madrid

Well, not Madrid itself, but Majadahonda. As close to a home town in Europe as I´ve got.

Anyhow, Monday. It was mostly a write-off, tourism-wise. Got up early to return our rental car and get to the airport, then got stuck waiting while my flight got delayed nearly three hours. As a result, we didn´t get to Majadahonda until after 6pm, just long enough to visit with my family, then go out and find a bar to watch the Spain-Tunisia match. Like Ho said, a close shave, and further fuel for my "out in the quarters" theory.

Today, we wanted to see the Royal Palace, but it was closed for some official function. We also wanted to see the Reina Sofia museum, but it was closed because it´s Tuesday. We did get to see the Prado museum, which was as great as I remember, and more so because of its special Picasso exhibit now. After the museums and some travel research at the train station, we looked into some shops along the Gran Via, then had some tapas around the Plaza Mayor. By the time we took the metro and bus back to Majadahonda, it was practically midnight.

We´d planned to spend tomorrow in Madrid, too, but since we can´t get into the palace we´re now thinking we may see the Reina Sofia in the morning and then catch a late train to Sevilla in the evening. We´re too tired to decide for sure tonight, so we´ll revisit it whenever we get up in the morning.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ha, ha...yes a very "close shave"...hee hee! The joy of it all!

1:49 AM  

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