We had a few hour train ride from Barcelona to Madrid. I love traveling by train. You get to see so much beauty along the way, and it's such an easy mode of transportation.
We were happy to check in to the beautiful El Felix hotel once we arrived. Look at this beautiful blue glass in the lobby!
They actually had Ryan and me in an incorrect room, so they upgraded us to a club level room which we appreciated.
We were given access to a restaurant and snack bar area since we were on the club level.
The girls were not on the club level, so they didn't have this same access. We decided not to tell them about us sneaking up there to enjoy snacks until the very end of stay there. They couldn't believe it, and I think they thought we were making it up. So, after our last dinner of the trip, we headed back up to take this selfie for them. Ha!
We spent some time walking around Madrid once we arrived just so the girls could get a feel for the city. We spent some time walking around Plaza Mayor. It was a great day to be outside.
I was very excited to get back to La Mallorquina to have their delicious chocolate pastry which I've missed since our last trip here a few years ago; it's called the napolitano de chocolate. It's one of my favorites!
We enjoyed stopping in and out of shops, but the candy store was lots of fun. There were all sorts of cool treats in here.
We walked through a market too; I hope to come back and eat here some day. There were wine bars, olive bars, cheese bars, and meat bars where there are just cups of charcuterie meats for sale. I imagine this place would offer all sorts of wonderful foods to try.
Ryan was able to get us a dinner reservation at Botin, the world's oldest restaurant. They are known for their suckling pig, and when you walk in, you go right past the original kitchen where they still make this dish today (in addition to their new kitchen). This is a really cool restaurant to dine in.
The next morning we took a tour of the Palace. I'm always fascinated by palaces!
There were so many beautiful rooms to admire. Everywhere you looked seemed to have something interesting and often decadent in it.
They had three Stratovarius instruments on display (cello, violin, and viola)!
The coronation room!
We got to enjoy a flamenco show at Cardamomo. It was so cool! The costumes were beautiful, and all the performers (musicians and dancers) were wonderful. This was a really fun evening.
We all loved our time in Madrid!
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