Madrid

Ellen and I were picked up at the airport in Madrid by two of our directors and we knew immediately that it would be a good relationship. We met up with the rest of our group at our hotel and went on a bus tour of Madrid that night. It is one of the few cities that has more trees than people, this made all the difference in the world. Madrid has parks EVERYWHERE. It made it so much nicer. The air was clean, the streets were clean and you didn’t feel like you were in a city at all. We visited the Prado museum and had a guided tour of the art. We were shown art by Francisco Goya and Vasquez. Goya’s art taught us so much about the history of Spain, just within a few hours.

After visiting the Prado we visited Palacio Royal, the Royal Palace in Madrid. The Palace was over 34,000 square feet and extremely extravagant. The tour was fascinating. It is amazing how much you learn about someone simply by looking at the place in which they live. Fascinating.