Today was our excursion to El Escorial and el Castillo de Manzanares that are in the North of Madrid. These places were beautiful.
*EL ESCORIAL:
This building dates back to 1559 and is a monastery, church, and college. It was huge. It also has the 2nd largest library in the world. A wedding was going to take place this afternoon so the iglesia looked amazing. 4 organs were going to play when the bride walked down the isle.
El Escorial is also the burial place for all the kings of Spain and their wives. Here's the creepy part: it has 3 empty tombs waiting on the current king's grandfather and parents. Also, the room next door is where they keep the bodies of recently dead royalty until they rot and only bones are left to put in the box.
* El Castillo de Manzanares:
This city was gorgeous and you could see Madrid in the distance. It sat near the mountains and a lake and had wildflowers surrounding the beautiful castle. If I had to live in Spain, I would pick here.
you are the best blogger ever...I feel like I am there! I don't think I will want to visit the place with the creepy dead kings when we are there :)
ReplyDeletei might be uber jealous of that picture of yall with the columns at el escorial. way cute.
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Ok. So. Second largest library in the world? SIGN ME UP!!! That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteAlso. 4 organs? 4? That's crazy. Love the pics.