Madrid, day two

Today we walked back to the old section of Madrid.  The streets here are not like the ones at home.  everything is round and circular unlike at home where everything is on a grid and straight.  It's not very busy so we kind of feel like this is our own little town.

Anu's friend came along to Spain.  Do you see that big koala in the background?  It's silly.  This area is the Plaza Mayor.  It's a big square and many people hang out here.  There are lots of shops and restaurants here too.

This is one of the entrances into the Plaza.  It's like a really big rectangle that's open in the middle.

Hanging with my buddy in the Plaza

This is the tapas market.  You can get all sorts of food here.  Everyone comes here to eat.

Look at all these sandwiches for sale.

We were so hungry we found FOOD, and fresh lemonade and fruit punch.  It was delish!

All olives.  I love olives, do you?

So we were able to see one of the TV people interviewing participants on Eurovision.  It was really neat seeing all the stars but we didn't know any of them.

My adult chaperone, Rhonda met the band Hatari. They're from Iceland and are famous.  Even though they look scary, they were very nice.  There are actually six people in their band.

Candy!

Knock, knock.  Who's there?  A door knocker, silly, that's who.

Now tomorrow, I have to get up pretty early because we have to take a six-hour train ride from Madrid all the way to Sarria.  I think it will be pretty fun and relaxing to go across the country.  Once we get to Sarria we will rest up because this isn't like a normal vacation, this is a hiking trip.  We have to tighten up our boots so we can cross the country until we end up at Santiago de Compostela.  I will see all of you manana.  That's Spanish for tomorrow morning.