Dia 17

The grand entrance.

After class we anticipated visiting the Prado museum, but ended up going home for lunch and taking a mini siesta (I swear, siestas are Europe's greatest gift to the people). Afterwards we trekked to El Palacio Real de Madrid. It. Was. Breath taking.

El Palacio Real de Madrid

I have to admit that after viewing the garden of the palace, I thought the palace itself would pale in comparison to La Alhambra. I couldn't have been more wrong. The interior was absolutely gorgeous, with elaborate carvings and paintings on nearly every ceiling. Not to mention the palace actually still had some of the original furniture and household objects which were so extravagant. I can't imagine a person owning all of those beautiful things for his/herself. It's almost surreal.