This was our first day in Madrid - half of our Spain trip was in Barcelona, the later half was in Madrid. Totally different experience. Barcelona has this super chic, LA-like beach city thing going on, and Madrid had more of the old-town, big city feel.
We had a flight at 3pm to Madrid so we took it easy that morning and just wandered around town. We lost track of time and almost missed our flight! Luckily, we caught it, and everything went fine…whew.
What a day! We had an early breakfast before heading to Montserrat in the morning, a monestary at the top of a large mountain. We then took the train back to Barcelona, and hopped on the metro to see Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia. I’ve seen it before in my art history textbooks, but it took my breath away when I saw it in person. We wandered all over town for the rest of the day, had dinner, and then passed out.
We spent about a week in Spain, half the time in Barcelona, and half the time in Madrid. I loved both - Barcelona for it’s modern architecture and beaches, and Madrid for the old world charm.
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