We both had great food - we shared duck pate and Jose had beef stew with the meat falling apart and I had a casserole of fish, squid and shrimp. Our waiter was a nice guy and offered to take our picture.
Next we went to the Cathedral which was HUGE. The brochure said it was the biggest gothic cathedral in the world. Christopher Columbus's tomb is there. We spent quite a while there. Outside Jose got his (very expensive) fortune read by a gypsy. Another kept trying to give me a sprig of something or other but I just kept saying in Spanish, "No thanks! No thanks! I don't understand you!" Then she wanted me to pay. Yeah, right.
We walked down more streets toward the bull ring which was closed and we sat near the river to rest our feet which were very tired by then. Cobblestones and windy and slightly hilly roads take their toll.
We weren't quite sure what to do next, but I wanted to see these gardens on the map that we first thought we walked through at the beginning (the city/map are confusing just like the rest of Spain!). Turns out they were part of the Royal Alcazar palace which was also gigantic. We wanted a photo of the two of us and we asked these two girls, one of which was from Boston and the other from Rio! Daniella and Vanessa. Vanessa and Jose chatted in Portuguese and Danielle and I talked for a bit - she was enjoying our graduation present.
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We were pretty tired after that so we headed to the train station to change our tickets but Jose couldn't change his, so we just hung out for a while and rested.
After returning to Madrid, we went to Vaca Argentina for dinner and had some good grub... an EXCELLENT appetizer of fried wild mushrooms with garlic mayo, I had skirt steak that was tough, Jose had a delicious flank steak and cheesy potatoes, and I had cheesecake ice cream for dessert.
I have NO idea what I'm doing tomorrow. I'm supposed to go to the opera but Jose planted the idea in my head to go to Marrakech!
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