We celebrated Thanksgiving with Adam, Melanie, and Ashley in Spain this year. We spent the majority of the weekend in
Madrid and took a day trip to
Toledo.
On Thursday, we went to the main train station and found a beautiful rain forest inside! We had a lot of fun watching hundreds of turtles in one area of it. In the afternoon, we wet on the
New Madrid Free Walking Tour. We've done
New Europe walking tours in other cities and highly recommend them. This tour, was described as being about 2.5 hours long, but ended up being almost double that! The tour took us around the city, pointed out historic buildings, gave us an overview of Spain's tumultuous history, and took us to a tapas/sandwich restaurant. The restaurant definitely added quite a bit of time to the tour...but it was warm inside so we didn't mind too much!
Here are some pictures from Madrid:
On Friday, we took a train to Toledo, which was less than an hour away. Toledo, is an ancient walled city with a large Moorish influence. We had a lot of fun walking around, taking pictures, and eating tapas. After we arrived back in Madrid, we had a traditional Spanish meal for dinner including
paella and fish.
Click here for pictures from Toledo:
On Saturday, Kurt and Adam spent the morning at
Star Wars - The Exhibition while Carrie, Ashley and Melanie went to the
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, a modern art museum. There are a lot of pictures of the Star Wars exhibit in the picture album below. Unfortunately, we were not able to take any pictures in the museum, but we did see many pieces by Gris, Dali, and Picasso, including Picasso's
Guernica.
The Star Wars Album:
Although not a traditional Thanksgiving, we had a wonderful time with our friends. We did miss seeing our family and hope everyone had a good day!
