Madrid

Madrid was our first stop in what has turned out to be a whirlwind tour of Spain. It's the capital of Spain as well as the country's largest city, so three days wasn't quite enough to see all of it! We visited the famous Prado Museum, where we saw several famous paintings by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, and the enormous Royal Palace. We also ate some delicious Spanish food, including calamari, chorizo and ham - lots of ham. We had no idea how popular ham was in Spain - there's even a restaurant called the Ham Museum where you can eat your ham surrounded by what looked like hundreds of hams hanging from the ceiling. Mmm, appetizing.

Chorizo and calamari - lunch of champions:


An artist in action at the Prado:


There are lots of street performers around Europe, but Madrid had some of the best musicians and "statues" that we'd seen yet:




Trying out for the Spanish gymnastics team: