The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and the weather couldn’t be any better (seriously, does it get better than 70 degrees, sunny, and no humidity?). This week’s been another one that’s flown by, despite the absence of any big trips this weekend or last.
At the beginning of the week we celebrated Marie’s birthday, although we mixed it up a little by going to a Japanese restaurant. Since there were so many of us (or maybe because they foresaw how loud twenty American college students could be…), they put us in a private room. I must admit it was a little strange ordering Japanese food while speaking Spanish, although in the end all the food turned out to be delicious (albeit not quite enough to fill me up!). Afterwards, we were strolling the streets of Sol (an awesome, centrally-located neighborhood of
The action continued on into Friday, which was “Hispanic Day,” which commemorates the day when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the
There was a ton of music, leading to random breakouts of dancing in the streets, as I’ve dutifully posted below.
Parade of the Americas
Not wanting to stay put for too long, today we went to El Escorial, which is only about 45 km away from Madrid and famous for its massive monastery. Well, it’s called a monastery, but it seemed to me to be more of a museum/monastery/tomb/palace. It was built by King Phillip II to commemorate his battle in Picardy against Henry II of
View from El Escorial
Well, that was my week (not quite as exciting as
Favorite picture of the week:
Sunset from the Retiro steps
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