So i've returned to work and Spain & Italy are just a blurry memory. I did want to capture the end of our trip if nothing else for my own memory.
After leaving the running of the bulls behind in pamplona, we finished up our trip in Madrid. After sleeping in 10 different hostels over 12 different nights, and after walking dozens of kilometers, we arrived in Madrid ready to relax... that said, we spent the first day touring the royal palace, a bunch of other architecturally brilliant old places, going to the Prado Museum and ending the day in the Retiro park. On our first relaxing day in Madrid we only walked 7-10 miles. 
By Madrid day 2, we were ready to take it easy. We tried to catch a train to toledo without luck... in Italy the trains weren't exactly on time and we missed a lot of connections... in Spain the trains ran exactly on time, but the waiting line to buy a ticket was 2 hours long. We liked our train experience in Italy much better.
Day 3 we caught church in Spain and zipped off to the airport. 17 hours and 4 cramped legs later, we landed at LAX ready for the work week to begin. What a trip!
We're still working on getting all the pictures pulled together, but here's the link to the current photo album.
After leaving the running of the bulls behind in pamplona, we finished up our trip in Madrid. After sleeping in 10 different hostels over 12 different nights, and after walking dozens of kilometers, we arrived in Madrid ready to relax... that said, we spent the first day touring the royal palace, a bunch of other architecturally brilliant old places, going to the Prado Museum and ending the day in the Retiro park. On our first relaxing day in Madrid we only walked 7-10 miles. 
By Madrid day 2, we were ready to take it easy. We tried to catch a train to toledo without luck... in Italy the trains weren't exactly on time and we missed a lot of connections... in Spain the trains ran exactly on time, but the waiting line to buy a ticket was 2 hours long. We liked our train experience in Italy much better.
Day 3 we caught church in Spain and zipped off to the airport. 17 hours and 4 cramped legs later, we landed at LAX ready for the work week to begin. What a trip!
We're still working on getting all the pictures pulled together, but here's the link to the current photo album.
Blake - it looks like you are doing GREAT!!! Very jealous of your travels. Take care. Elena
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