This was Kelly’s roommate Emilio car which worked great except had both side view mirrors broke which made it hard to drive in the city.

One night we went to a plaza with Kelly and some of her friends.  We were going to go to a park but there were a bunch of people in the plaza so we joined them.  We sat around and talked and played a little Frisbee until early in the morning.

Dish made with Blood

Plaza Mayor

Getting a drink with Kelly and Mierco

The umbrellas sprayed mist

Gardens near the royal palace

A gift from Egypt

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

No getting on the grass

Small shops on the street.

Atocha train station

inside the train station

Turtle pond

Prado Museum

Parque del Retiro

Kelly took us to a secret roof top Restaurant that was in an apartment building.  We had to wait for 15 to 20 minutes but it was worth it.  If you order drinks they would bring you out small dishes of food.  We ordered some local favorites of fried baby squid and baby eel.

Fried baby squid

Baby eel

Kelly hat shopping

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Gene yawning on the plane.  Traveling is tough work.

easy jet is one of a many discount airlines in Europe.

If you hit the gap between the metro and the platform you will be stuck in this position and people will think you are dancing.

The metro in Madrid is a no thumbs up kind of place.

We got into Madrid in time to attend the end of the year party at the school that Kelly teaches at.

This is the view out of Kelly’s kitchen window at her apartment.

and the view out of the front window.

These are pictures that I took out of the window of our hostel.