http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , District of Madrid en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:18 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:18 +0000 Never get tired of visiting this wonderful city. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-786732.html Barguiarena have you heard the name before I asked Marcell from Barcelona as we were smoking shisha at our hostel in Marrakech. It39s a question I like to ask every Spaniard I meet which unfortunately isn39t often enough. Ah si suena como nombre de Basque no Ah yes that is from the Basque region no Marcell replied. This has been confirmed by at least half a dozen travelers fr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-786520.html We are all so glad we invested a week in Madrid. How come we know so little about Spain and how often its history has interacted with our Anglo Saxon heritage No wonder Henry VIII39s daughter Mary liked that Philip of Spain so much he was pretty good looking And of course Catherine of Aragon was an infanta princess of Spain.Yesterday was a day of 39leisure39 i.e. no organised bus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-786368.html In case you don39t know there are always more photos after the ads at the bottom of the blog...and sometimes more on page 2. You can enlarge any of them by clicking on the photoApril 27thToday was Prado Day...but first in the late morning I went to shop at the nearest Humana store where used clothing is sold to fund relief projects www.humanaspain.org. I found a linen jacket made in Ma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-783304.html I think this Day 3 Well who cares any way....After coffee both of us a half hour of running the stairs menot at all similiar to running the bulls by the way and a shower we headed off to visit the palace. Everything we39re wanted to see so far is no more than a 20 minute walk from our hotel.The palace is still used for state ceremeonies and events we heard a guide say that Obama wou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-782977.html We got a great night39s sleep it39s very quiet here our room is on the interior courtyard and although the walls are paperthin our neighbors didn39t make much noise. We got up around 900am had coffee in an Italian cafe across the street and planned our walk.Starting from our hotel we walked clockwise in a large circle taking in most of the main plazas and many of the famous bui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-782670.html But we are in Madrid We had a very easy trip except for the lack of sleep and some wandering in very large airports... No delays no lines good free food and drink in the planes great service friendly people everywhere. Heathrow was immense and somewhat confusing butwe had enough time between flights that we didn39t have to worry. Madrid39s airport was eerily empty. It39s new and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-782500.html e enkrat sem organizirala ter e predno se mi je zmealo uspeno zakljuila mednarodni plesni festival MeetShareDance 2013 za plesalce koreografe na vozikih brez vozikov z ali brez posebnih potreb.httpmeetsharedance.comPonosna sem nase ker sem ga organizirala sama res velika neumnost ker kljub bednim izgovorom tistih ki so rekli da bodo pomagali in ni bilo ni noben http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-782349.html Today is my last full day in Madrid and so I knew that I had to pack quite a lot in to make sure that I had seen everything I had my heart set on. I think that with any trip you plan those absolute must see things and also a few would have been nice to see but I ran out of time. In my case there are a few of the latter but all in all I am quite happy with the amount of sights that I have been http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/El-Escorial/blog-777689.html The first thing that I want to say is ... OUCH I39m not saying this to be lamented really because there are worse things that could be happening to me at this very moment. But can I just say that my calves are so freakishly sore from the incessant hill climbing of Toledo yesterday. My day started out feeling a little indecisive and therefore could not really make up my mind as to what I really http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Aranjuez/blog-777688.html Arrived in a Spain after a slight delay in the flight After taking the commuter rail from the airport to Sol arrived at the Petit Palace Mayor. The hotels location was perfect for exploring Madrid and we had no issues while we were there. The first priority was to get some coffee. After an espresso the first stop was to the office of tourism to pick up maps of Madrid. Next was walking around http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-777674.html Yesterday felt like a really slow day. The jet lag and lack of sleep hit me when I was going through the Museo del Traje. I went to bed early and had a relatively good night sleep. I wanted to cram as much into today to compensate for the fact that I had not gotten as much done yesterday. Mission accomplishedI left the hotel at around 830 am and right now it is about 800 pm and I just got back http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-777204.html So I have made it safe and sound to bella Madrid. It was a relatively uneventful flight. My one concern was that I had a short connection and I wanted to make sure that I would be checked in all the way through so that I wouldn39t have to try and find a transfer desk with only a little over an hour for a connection. The plane was late in leaving so if you have never seen Caroline run through an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-777202.html Madrid Transfer SpainMadrid Transfer is a young and dynamic company that every day is making headway in the field of road passenger transport for its quality in the services we provide and reliability as in the times we live by price... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-775447.html Guess what I did last night I went DANCING. American Haley doesn39t like to dance but my roommate made me and it was so much fun. First time in a bar club in America or here.For Mom All of the students in my program are awesome. The guys made sure to keep an eye on the girls and walked us home after. We were all really good about looking after each other it was nice.My roommate is really http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-768871.html En un mundo de incertidumbre que seguir creciendo no nos vamos a equivocar si nos preguntamos en que nos esforzamos cuando criamos nuestros hijos. Que el mejor xito en la escuela es de su meta ms importante O la capacidad de tener cerca las relaciones humanas e ms significativas Queremos que nuestros hijos sean competitivas individualistas con mentalidad para tener xito en nue http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Leganes/blog-768446.html A mitad de camino entre el infierno y el cielo yo me bajo en Atocha yo me quedo en MadridDijo Joaquin Sabina alguna vez. Ya le entiendo por que. Mercado San Miguel La Gran Via Puerta del Sol Calle de las Huertas y Plaza Mayor todos lugares impresionantes que muestran lo mejor del Madrid de ayer de hoy. Fue triste dejar la ciudad despues tan solo tres dias alli pero......pero siempre ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-768436.html lt worldmapmaker.com begin map html gt My World View... and Growingltmap stylecursor crosshair height 5px nameworldhotspots377gtltmapgtltmap stylecursor crosshair height 5px nameworldhotspots377gtltmapgtltmap stylecursor crosshair height 5px nameworldhotspots377gtltarea stylecursor crosshair titleUnited States of America shape http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-765484.html Hello All today is the eve of the 3 kings so guess what today is a Fiesta in Madrid There is a schedule of events happening in the city this evening a parade choirs childrens choir and a fireworks extravaganza to welcome the kings into the city. This afternoon we headed over to Calle Gran Via from end to end and made a stop at an Artisans market that was set up for the holidays. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-764749.html Nothing much to report here at all today. We woke up late missed our coffee and breakfast so we are holding out for a late lunch somewhere. Todays39 agenda is the El Rastro market to see if we can find any unique treasures.. this market is held every sunday and public holidays and today happens to be both. Three Kings Day everything is closed again The market was huge blocks and blocks http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-764744.html