Madrid and Toledo

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Hey everyone!

Hope you are all doing good! I have been super busy over here, so I guess I will fill you in on what has been going on! We got to Madrid at like 10:30 in the morning on Sunday, and the ISA directors met us in the airport. So, if you all want to know how weak the dollar is right now I exchanged money in that airport in Madrid and I gave them $46 and I got 29 euros back. How stupid is that?! Anyways, after we got here we went to the hotel and took showers and naps for awhile and later that night we went and had a bus tour of the city. I couldnt take picture thoguh because the falsh reflected off the windows and it was dark out. But after that we split into little groups and went and found a cafeteria to eat at. Then we went back at to the hotel and slept. The next day we went to El Museo de Reina Sofia (the Queen Sofia museum) and saw many famous paintings. They have one very famous one by Picasso, but we couldnt see it. There were a lot form El Greco though. Then we had a little time to walk around th city and then we went and toured the Royal Palace. It was really amazing, but we couldnt take pictures inside either of them😞 But I did get some really good pictures of the city, so look at them! Then, Thuesday we left Madrid and came to Toledo. On the eay we stopped at El Valle de los Caidos (the valley of the fallen), where a large part of the spanish civil war took place. There was also a bascillica there that was really pretty. Then we went a little further to El Escorial which is a summer palace that one of the kings built. It was really cool, and we got to see where he lived and the church that he built and the coffins of all the kings and queens of apin. It was amazing! Then we went the rest of the way to Toledo and rested the rest of the night. Today we went on a 3 hour tour in downtown Toledo which is the old capital and now the spiritual capital of Spain. There were buildings that are over 2000 years old that we went into. It was really cool. Tomorrow mornig we leave here and take a 7 hour bus ride down to Malaga! I hope you like looking at all the pictures that I have taken so far! Spain is really beautiful.

I love everyone and miss you lots!
Meghan

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Photos

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Madrid

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A street in Madrd

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Madrid again.

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Madrid

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A side view of the Royal Palace.

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Random building. This is what a lot of the buildings look like in Madrid.

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Another view of the city

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A statue of the king on horseback with the street in the background

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The view of the city from the Royal Palace grounds

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The Royal Palace

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Royal Palace

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View from the Royal Palace

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Royal Palace

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View from the courtyard in the middle of the Royal Palace

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The cathedral of the Royal Palace. It is known as the ugliest cathedral in Spain because it has many different random styles because it was built over a long time.

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Royal Palace from the interior courtyard

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The cathedral

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The cathedral

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Palace

Comments

[Misgana]

how are you doing?
how are you doing?those pictures were totally awesome! i can't believe that the pillas were there before Jesus was born i think thats really cool!! i miss you a lot . i hope your having fun and I LOVE YOU!!!! I MISS YOU!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!! have FUN!!! LOVE, Misgana Kurba

[Aunt Darcy]

Wow!
Spain looks great ... everything looks so clean and well kept. I thought Madrid would be more like an American city, but it looks so much nicer. Looks like a nice mix of Old World charm, but with a modern twist. Makes me want to move to Spain. Glad you're having a wonderful time. :)

[meghan saunders]

Hey Misgana! I miss you too! Are you having fun and doing good in school? Cuz you better be otherwise I'm gonna tell Esaw and you will be in BIG trouble :) I hope you are having fun too!