Mom and Janie's visit!!

My amazing week with my Mom and Aunt Janie...ohhh where to begin?!?

So after Toledo we headed on to Madrid where we would stay for the next 4 days. Madrid as a whole was okay, but we all seemed to prefer the small cities like Toledo and Segovia. Blogspot hates me right now so I'm only going to add a few photos as I go.

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The first night in Madrid we hit up Happy Hour! Nothing beats a half price drink. After that we walked over to the Royal Palace and took a stroll through the park. Janie demanded that we take "funny pictures" at some point on the trip so we took that opportunity to make a fool of ourselves...in the Royal Palace park. We couldn't get Mom to get into the crazy pics (we did get one pole dancing picture) but Janie and I went crazy with them. At one point Janie was lifting her shirt...I'll leave it there. :)

The top picture is the aqueduct of Segovia! This was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. It was constructed by the Romans in the first century, without any type of mortar, and is still standing and functioning today! Amazing. Segovia was simply a beautiful, simple town. We also saw the Cathedral of Segovia. It was pretty but nothing compared to the Cathedral of Sevilla. We also ate the renowned suckling pig. It was good but not amazing. (Mom had the piece with the eye and ear...thankfully not me)

The next day we went to the Prado! After hearing about this art in four different lectures it was fun to finally see the works of art. THEN...we went to Hard Rock Cafe!!! yep, I had an amazing hamburger with AMERICAN meat! sooo delicious and definitely beats the imitation Spanish hamburger.

The last day in Madrid we did a lot of walking around and toured the Royal Palace. Very cool, and Sarah and I got to see true Stradivarius violins! Sunday we hopped a train back to Sevilla. On Mom and Janie's last full day in Spain we had a final dinner at Flarhety's and I made them try the best ice cream in the world. (Chocolate Fondant from the little Heladeria near their hotel) It was so great to have them here for a while and I was definitely sad for them to go home :(

Semana Santa blog soon to come :)