A Holiday in Spain

On the 28th of March during spring break we left for Spain. We arrived in Madrid very late at night, though luckily not as late as we where in Egypt.

The next day we went downtown and saw a museum which held some of Monet's paintings. That was probably the most boring part of our trip.

Next we went to a humongous park. It was mostly trees and flowers (which smelled REALLY good) with a big lake at the center of it all but there were also at least three playgrounds. Annika and I also got the chance to row a boat on the lake. It was hard work but I think it was fun too. We spent the rest of the day downtown. I bought a really pretty shawl and a fan for souvenirs.

On March 30th we spent most of the morning in Puerta Del Sol. And guess who we saw? Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Pooh Bear! We also saw a couple other people dressed up in costumes but they weren't Disney characters. The people in Spain really seem to like to dress up because we saw Mickey at the park the day before. Later in the morning we had to leave so we could catch a train to Seville. It was a very long train ride so we only had time to have dinner and go to bed.

On the 31st we went downtown Seville. Yet again we saw more people in costumes. No Disney characters though. Then we saw the Cathedral of Seville. It looked more like a palace than a cathedral. It's the third largest church in the world! Now we've been to the largest and the 3rd largest and Mom has been to the top 3! Later we bought Annika a flamenco dress and a hair clip that matches it. In the evening we saw flamenco dancing! It looked really hard.

On April 1st we had a guided tour of Seville. We saw the cathedral again but we also saw another church and some other places I can't remember.

April 2nd was pretty much the same except later at night we saw a procession that was held because of holy week. They actually handed out candy! Though unfortunately since I'm 1/2 an inch shorter than Mom I look more like a grown up so I didn't get much. Luckily Annika shared some.

The next day we had to get up really early so we could catch the train to Madrid. We took a REALLY long nap when we arrived at our hotel. In the late afternoon we went downtown and bought two pairs of castanets. The next day we woke up at 3:15 so we could head back to Malta.