Madrid and surrounds - how interesting and how little we know about it
May 17th 2013 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 VIII's 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 'leisure' i.e. no organised
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