Home from Madrid! Ahh. . . Well, home to Prague I should clarify. Madrid was amazing although I think one of my highlights was the day trip to the town of Toledo that we took. Jan and I spent Wed. exploring the amazing park in Madrid - Retiro Park. We literally spent hours walking through the park (and of course some of the sights in town) before meeting our 2 new friends, Nisha and Amelia from Canada. We ended up enjoying a glass of Sangria with them that afternoon, before visiting Jan's friend Victor, and then the 5 of us went out again for drinks after dinner. A Hawaiin bar complete with drinks served in smoking volcanoes!
Thursday Nisha, Amelia, Jan and I met in the town of Toledo where we spent the day wondering around this truly amazing town visiting cathedrals, mosques, and synagogues. According to Wikipedia: Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures. As you can see from the pictures - the town was breathtaking! And of course that night we ended up back in Madrid with the girls enjoying tapas and drinks on one of the outside terraces. My new favorite hobby!
Our last day in Madrid was spent visiting the final sites, such as Palacio Real and Cathedral de Almudena, before meeting with our new friends for one last early dinner of yummy vegi paella before it was time to make our way back to the airport. A quick day - as time flies when you are having fun.
My final full day in Prague was spent doing the usual . . . ya know like bobsledding! How cool is that!? Jan, Marek, Elishka and I woke up and decided to try bobsledding before I promised to make burritos. (Not an easy task when missing such Mexican essentials like cilantro and friojoles.) After the successful lunch, our day continued with minigolf and beer garden before a final dinner together complete with homemade American chocolate chip cookies (an exotic luxury around these parts) and homemade Czech dumplings (and exotic luxury around my parts.)
Today has been spent on such unfun things like packing, but I hope to visit a few last sites around town before I head back to Dublin and on home. I also guess this is my last and final update from abroad. Wipe the tears away, I know how much it pains us all to think my travels are over. But fear not . . . we all know I will be headed somewhere new and exciting again sometime soon. Japan? Australia? Egpyt?
Retiro Park
Retiro Park again
Puerto del Sol in Madrid
My new hobby - sitting outside enjoying drinks and tapas with friends. And I am bringing home a paella recipe! (me, Nisha, Amelia, Jan)
Jan, Victor and I in Madrid in the Hawaiin bar.
The amazing town of Toledo.
Another view of Toledo - very Mediterranean feeling.
One of the cathedrals in Toledo.
Bobsledding! I made it up to 44 kilometers per hour!
Here we go! Only 1 person died at this particular track last year. Not too shabby!
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