Cool area where we at our lunches

Awesome Day in Western Madrid

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January 21st 2007
Soo today we slept in until about noon, then we decided to head out to the western part of Madrid. Mary Kate has a travel book that lists all the good places to go, so we thought we would kind of go along with that. We took the metro to the center of the Complutense, the HUGE university that Kali (our housemate) is going to. About 90,000 students attend that university! We really wanted to go u ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more