We once again had churros and hot chocolate for breakfast (a great, if not healthy, way to start the day). The majority of the day today was spent at the Spanish Royal Palace. The palace consisted of 24 opulent rooms and an armory. The rooms were ornate beyond belief and armory had more suits of armor, swords, and crossbows than I have ever seen in one place (Luke wants to buy a replica sword to bring home ... stay tuned on how that will end). I have figured...

Today was devoted to art museums. We got off a little later than we liked, we all slept in to 9:00 AM. The Portugal / Spain matched went to penalty kicks last night and did not end until 11:20PM. I opened the window as Spain won and we could hear some whooping and yelling. We have another match to look forward to Sunday night. Anyway, back to today. For breakfast the kids finally got their hot chocolate and churros. They dip the churros in thick hot chocol...

Our first full day in Spain! After a great night sleep (9 hours) we decided to get out of Madrid and go to Segovia, an old town 50 miles north of Madrid that dates back to Roman times. We met up with, Maria, one of the Amity teaching assistants that worked at Ellie and Luke's school last year. We spent the afternoon checking out the cathedral, the Alcazar (the town's castle), and town's winding streets. We then headed back to Madrid and watched the first hal...

We made it! We arrived right on time in Madrid and even our baggage (not emotional) arrived with us. Everyone was tired but we all fought through it and were able to get out and see the city. We walked around for a couple of hours and then took an hour siesta (when in Spain...). We went back out and walked around the big public park, Retiro Park. We are all tired and ready for a good night sleep. Tomorrow we are heading to Segovia.