A month and a half in!

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Arrived to Madrid and the nice weather
walked around the city with a self guided tour mentioned in the Spain travel book we had borrowed from the O´Neil´s -a big thank you for that its been really helpful!
visited the Prado museum
and the Royal Palace.. which was randomly closed for maintenance
so we sunbathed in the gardens and afterwards did some shopping
katie found a cute little sundress
decided to take a night train to Lisbon
worst idea yet
both of us were freezing, cramped,
and unable to get a single minute of sleep all night long
arrived a little dazed in Lisbon
but quickly found our hostel, a cute little place with such nice people!
much more like a hotel than the hostels we are used to
clean fluffy towels, breakfast served right to us at the table and they even made our beds every morning!
only downfall being the 12 to a room which happens to include late night moaning coming from the couple a few beds over.....
celebrated our official half way point with a picnic on the beach and a bottle of local white wine
took a day trip to a beautiful monastery (with a hundred year old pastry shop right across the street yum!)
and a castle near by that sat right on the edge of the water
took a walking tour the last day and tried Ginjinha.. a local favourite a fermented cherry drink
it turns out we were the only ones on the tour so he extended the tour and we got to know him a bit too
only train back to Madrid (and then to Barcelona)
was a night one
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and of course no beds available
so a comfy seat again it is
wish us luck
its going to be another long night
xo
Katie and Lynsey

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Comments

[Jayme]

whooo
oh ladies i cant wait. i almost described how jealous i was but oh wait... lisa and i will be there in t-minus 11 day!! your journeys are sounding incredible and i cannot wait to join in! love you both xoxo