For my program's last day trip, we headed out into the mountains near Madrid to El Escorial, a small city containing the El Monasterio de El Escorial, the second home of the kings and queens of Spain. We packed onto the bus and were off!
We toured the monastery in the morning and took notes (so fun…) and then were treated to a lunch at a cute restaurant in the city. (and by treated I mean our tuition money paid for it.) We were all sitting in lunch when we looked outside the windows and saw it…..SNOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!
Never would I have imagined that it would snow in Spain and it was so nice to get a little taste of home (both Boston and Michigan!). There's something magical about the first snow and no matter what, I always feel like a little kid who is seeing it for the first time.
After, we went to El Valle de los Caídos, a Catholic basilica and monument where the Spanish leader Franco is buried.
When we got back outside, it was actually snowing pretty hard so we enjoyed it for a while! Although it got super cold super fast and were back on the bus to head back down to Madrid!
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