We FINALLY arrived in Madrid on Thursday May 29th after traveling since May 12th! EJ and I were TIRED and sooo looking forward to first, warm weather, and secondly being in the same city, in the same bed for 6 whole weeks! yes! Madrid is the typically besutiful city with lovely plazas with old statues and building right next to a modern glass building. There were always people out on the streets. You'd see high school kids to grandparents out on the town at midnight going to eat or to a bar. Loved it! We went into the Pardo Museum and had some free time on Friday.
On Saturday, we went to a city called Salamanca and I saw my first California Red wood tree-- in Spain. The US gave the city and church in Salamanca the tree back in the day, and its HU
GE! I didnt take many pictures because it was raining and we spent most of our day in side the univeristy there and in two churches. We walked through a wedding too! It was a beautiful city and I wish we could have spent more time there. On the drive home, the storm clouds were leaving and the sun was trying to get through as you can see in this picture ont he left.The next morning, Sunday June 1st, we left Madrid for Valencia!
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