San Bernabeu, Toledo and Churros

Had another great day in Madrid! I got up early to check out the Plaza Mayor, the historic city center and, a long time ago, center of the Inquisition. Since I was there early I got some great shots of the square empty. Later on after breakfast we visited the San Bernabeu stadium, home of Real Madrid! If you're not into soccer this is like the Mt. Olympus of fútbol (am I mixing metaphors?). At any rate, we got to see the trophy cases, visit the pitch (field), sit in the players sideline seats, check out their locker rooms, see the press room, get fake photos with our favorite players, etc. It was a soccer dream come true. :)

After a very quick lunch, we got in our charter bus and traveled to Toledo where we took scenic views of the city from the outskirts, saw the inside of the Toledo cathedral, the Jewish synagogue--dating back to the late 1100s and the San Martin bridge. Before we left we got to check out some sword making and pick up some souvenirs. 

    Toledo

After our Tapas dinner, several of us went to San Gines for Chocolate and Churros, established in 1896! The chocolate was super thick, dark and rich. Loaded with sugar, we strolled through the Plaza Mayor and the Mercado San Miguel taking in all the fantastic, odd, funny, artistic things Madrid has to offer.

    San Gines

    Plaza Mayor

Note: the pictures are clearly not mine. Mine would look better. . Ha ha! But I don't have the ability to connect to a computer so these should give you an idea of what we are seeing until I get a chance to upload what I have.