Monument to King Charles III in front of the House of the Post Office in Puerta del Sol in Madrid
some of us still had a lot of energy, despite having a long day of travel and sightseeing.
statue of Velazquez in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid.
in front of the statue of Don Quixote
one of the streets near the palace
In front of the cathedral in the palace courtyard
Standing in one of the arches in the courtyard
inside the gates of the palacio.
external facade of the palacio real
Philip IV monument in the Sabatini gardens outside the palace with the opera house in the background
Milling about outside of the palacio real.
a distant view of the Puerta de Alcalá on our way to our first stop in Madrid
brightsideofmars asked: what do you think of spain so far? and why are you there? (studying, just learning the language, etc) i'm so jealous! :)
I was actually there in the summer of 2010, but I’m just now getting around to getting the pictures organized. This was the easiest way for me to go through them all and catalog what went on.
But, to answer your question, I absolutely adored every minute of it! going through everything makes me anxious to get back there. I was there on a six-week full-immersion program called the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language (IUHPFL or IU Honors) between my junior and senior years of high school. So a little bit of everything: studying, learning the language, and adventuring!
first view of Madrid, the Ciebles Fountain, from the bus
Of course, not everyone slept on the bus.
