Madrid Highlights (Days 2-4)

So Madrid was a blur of sheer perfection and I was so tired by the end of every jam packed day that I didn't write down everything we did... So here is my attempt at covering as much of the fun as I can recall (photos to come in a later post).

• Madrid Austrias, the old section, at night.
• Palais Real y la Catedral
• Several beautiful churches whose names I never caught
• TAPAS!!! Spanish omelette, potato in some amazing sauce, mushrooms and garlic, grilled peppers, and veal (holy cow! buddumching)
• Paella con pollo y pescado
• Mahou Original, Sin, y Mixta (gracias Santi!)
• Antonio, Paloma, Alvaro, Javier, y Antonio (my second Spanish family)
• Chatting with Antonio, a Colonel in the Spanish army who worked for NATO in Norfolk
• Paloma's gazpacho
• Every meal prepared by Ana
• Tomatoes!
• Jamon y melon
• Toy Story 3, and holding back tears
• El camino CON Santiago
• All the different areas of Madrid that I also never found out the names of
• Stations of the Cross with Santi, Antonio, and their families
• Seeing the Pope in his Papamobile
• Seeing the Popemobile without the Pope... twice
• Trying to get into Cuatro Vientos twice and failing
• Mass with the Pope from right outside the gate with about 500,000 others (approx 1.5 million inside)
• Reading Spanish stories to the kids
• Seeing all the flags at Cuatro Vientos
• Moet Brut Champagne
• Dinners at 1 or 2 AM
• Danone Mousse
• Los aperitivos
• Ana's brother, his wife, and their children
• LA PISCINA!
• Jamming out in the car with the kids