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  Madrid, Spain
Monday, October 17, 2005

Hi all,

We are adding photos from Madrid. We went to the Prado museum on the first day. Great museum. Have covered most of the city. Enjoying the food and drink. We think Madrid is a bit Rome without as many ruins. We have had a little trouble with the language barrier. It seems very few people in Spain speak english at all! Some will try and interpret your pointing and bad Spanish pronunciation but others simply give you the NO! and send you away. (Go away you stupid American.) The high point of this came today when we tried to hop a train to Toledo (the original capital of Spain). We could not find a single person to help us get a ticket. So making the best of it we got a ticket from a machine that would do English, to Aranjuez. This was about half way to Toledo so we thought that we could just get a ticket at that train station.... well, apparently the trains donīt go that often and we would have had to get right back on a train to return. So we hung out a bit in Aranjuez and had lunch. Small town that UNESCO gave some kind of agricultural thing to. They grow Strawberries and Asparagus there, neither being in season now (go figure). There are tons of gardens and green spaces, which were about the only thing open because itīs Monday and most of Spain closes on Monday. Off to birthday dinner (for those that donīt know I (Kim) am celebrating my b-day in Madrid). Will write again from Valencia or Barcelona.

Big hugs,
SandK

P.S. Happy birthday Frank!!

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Bull Arena - not many people	Bull Fight Movie	Bull Fight Movie 2	Bull Fight Movie 3
El Torro	Enjoying the weather outside Plaza Mayor	Exterior of Prado	Goya Painting @ Prado
Kims birthday dinner - Oldest rest in the world	Kims birthday dinner Entree	Looking down into the the wine celler	Muscotel for my birthday - Yummy!
Museo de Jamon - Museum of Ham	Neon Sign @ Puerta del Sol	Oldest wine celler in the oldest restaurant	Palace @ Aranjuez
Plaza del Torro - Bull fighting arena	Plaza Mayor - reminds us of Bamburg, Germany	Plaza Mayor Madrid Movie	Post office.. Fancy Schmancy
So thick it´s just wrong - Chocolate fondue	Sounds of the streets of Madrid	Start of bull fight - matadors take the ring	Sycamore trees line the street in Aranjuez
Tapas bar bull museum	The bastment dinning room	¿Cuanto cuesta? - probably not for sale... bummer

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