El Escorial y Avila Day Trip

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Today we visited El Escorial, which is where the Royal family lived and where many of its members’ tombs are located. We left before the sun had risen are were able to see the sky turn beautiful oranges and reds El Escorial is a beautiful building with over 2,000 rooms! The tomb chamber is bronze and marble (the entire place is very cold, specially in the winter) where the Charles and Phillips tombs are. It was rainy and cold day but we were still able to appreciate the incredible palace and monastery built in the Late 16^th century. We were not allowed pictures inside but I was able to take some of the outside. He architects were Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herra. We even had some free time to roam around the streets and have lunch. The town is colorful with many shops and cafes and it even reminded me of San Fransisco! We then drove (we took a bus) to Avila, which has an incredible 8000ft+ perimeter, and the Walls of Avila is the biggest entirely illuminated monument in the world. Lastly we stopped in Toledo to take a group photo, which is tradition for this trip!





Hope you are having a great day/night wherever you may be!





Eva

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Photos

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Gafre con chocolate y nata

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store on Gran Via

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beautiful sunrise

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famous cow