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| el Palacio Real (lookin super tall) |
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For my "Tourist Tuesdays," as I decided to call them, I ventured to
el Palacio Real, or the Royal Palace, in Madrid. Now the building is simply used for tours or diplomatic gatherings, but way back when, (
I wasn't paying attention during the tour the specific date seemed to have just slipped my mind!) the royal family lived in the Palace! (Roayal Family--> el Palacio Real --> Royal Palce.....Thus, El Palacio Real. Props to Madrid on their creativity, am I right!?!?) So I bought my ticket, waited in line, and then was able to enter the palace! No pictures are allowed inside the tour, so naturally
I was super inconspicuous about taking secret pictures I followed that rule. Everything was so elaborate and beautiful, I could not believe that people lived there at some point! Made my dorm room look like absolute crap. I took my time, looked through the rooms, and concluded that my version of fancy has been wrong for years.
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| secret picture |
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| beautiful ceiling! |
At the end of my visit, I was getting a little hungry (I'd be lying if I said this wasn't typical) so I decided to venture the few blocks over to el Mercado de San Miguel, a market that has a ton of little mini restaurant-booths selling every type of Spanish food you could ever want! Naturally, I went for a huge bowl of chicken paella with a glass of red wine (ONLY 5 EURO SUCH A GOOD DEAL...I wasn't excited or anything.) It wouldn't have been right to leave the house without buying some sort of pastry, so naturally I got two at the market to continue my 4 month pastry tour of Madrid!
All in all, another successful Tuesday Emily day!
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