Madrid, Spain!

Hola!

Last weekend Kelcie, Alex, and I went to Madrid, it was so beautiful! it was so sunny that kelcie and I had to break out our sun glasses....we were excited :) i even got a sunburn!!!!! which isnt saying much for me....but hey, I can't get them in England.

So in Madrid we did A LOT of walking around and exploring the city. The first couple days we went around to all of the different parks which were very pretty.
One park had the crystal palace which was neat

Another park was FULL of peacocks! it seriously looked like Alice and Wonderland.

And then there were parks for old people! they had stationary bicycles and stretching stations, it was great! it was mostly older men that were there....but you could totally tell that it was a social outing haha.

This is Kelcie and Alex testing out the stationary bikes!

We also, of course, tested out all of the local food! Here's some Paella.....SO GOOD.

we also ate gelato, churros, and sangria. but paella is definitely my favorite :)

Another place we went was the "Templos de debod". They are Egyptian ruins that were going to be destroyed so they brought them over to spain! they were very pretty in the sunset :)

We happened to go to Madrid during one of their annual carnivals! It was called Carnaval de Madrid. there were so many people there.....like more than Disney World. there were thousands. it was crazy.

In this picture you can kind of tell that there are a lot of people, but there were so many more! every restaurant we went to was cram packed full......it was an adventure trying to find food :( but we saw a parade which was really neat! and then afterwards there were fireworks. loved it!

                     This guy came up to me and kissed my hand and held it up to his chest.....it was so                     embarrassing, but i couldnt say anything because he spoke spanish!

Madrid is definitely one of my favorite cities! I would go back in a heartbeat!!! The only thing is that they're very umm.....free spirited and.....outspoken haha