Kanina, been more than 3 months liao)
Slept well last night and for good hotel, breakfast also good.
First stop was Christopher Columbus's monuments and was weather was surprisely cold.
(Street in Madrid, taken in the coach)
(Water fountains stand in a gracious setting with formal gardens & sparkling)
(Madrid monuments, Christopher Columbus's)
Nothing interesting, really. Been seeing monuments and church day in, day out.
Wau lau en.
(Temp today is 16C, cold)
Next stop is the The Royal Palace in Madrid
The Royal Palace in Madrid is actually used (but not owned) by the King of Spain. The Palace was built on the site of a former Alcazar that burned down in 1734, and it took 26 years to complete.
A visitor to the Palace today gets to see 50 of its 2800 rooms.
(Outside the Palace)
(After paying entrance fees one enters the Parade ground.)
(Inside the palace)
(See the green sticker on my shoulder?)
(After paying they given u sticker to paste on yr clothes.)
(While the Palace is impressive in size alone I was really amazed by the broad range of styles used to decorate the rooms. No two rooms appear to have been done in the same manner.)
Time: Lunch
Food: Suckling pig
They roasted the pig and before they serve, they set fire on the pig. Then using a ceramics plate, they make it into small pieces.
When done, they smash the plate on the floor.
It their traditional way to serve.
(My suckling pig was incredible - the meat was really tender and the crisp roasted skin which cracks when cut and tastes simply delicious. Oh ya, the beer was good too)
I told you guys before that on the first day in Spain I wrote that of the places visited for the next 10 days, there were 2 places I was really impressed which Sagrada Familia was one of them.
Well, the other place is here.
In fact I am freaking impressed!!!
It is the AQUEDUCT!
(Behind me was the aqueduct)
What is aqueduct?
An aqueduct is a man-made channel that is constructed in order to control the flow of water in a city. Aqueducts were originally developed in the Middle East by the Babylonians several thousand years ago as an early form of plumbing.
Aqueducts are famously associated with the Romans, who built several throughout their empire. Most of them were above ground, and were quite architectural in their appearance. The term aqueduct comes from the Latin for "aqua" water.
(The aqueduct was built and been here since Roman times. Yes,...thousands of years)
(I think it was build before Christ and this structure was still standing. Amazing)
(We came, we saw, we touch the wall of aqueduct. U know which hand is mine lah...holding cigarettes)
(It was so long until my eye could no longer see where it end)
(Really impressive. U guys had to come here to sense it yourself.)
(What a experience to be here)
(Of course now the aqueduct is not in use anymore)
After this amazing visit, we walked around the small town.
(Buzzing with life, mainly all is tourists)
(Mum loves to touch everything she sees..haha)
(After waiting for a few second, I join her - Check it out)
(Alot of castle around Europe)
(I decided to become kid once again, to climb)
(The ground below was at least 10m high)
The coach brought us back to hotel but on the way we drop off as we want to walk back to our hotel as to see around Madrid as well.
(Typical Madrid restaurant)
This is our last day in Spain, tomorrow we are flying back to Singapore. BTW, going take us 24hrs to reach Singapore
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