First Day in Madrid

Yesterday was our travelling day! We woke up early, finished packing, and said good-bye to our Jerez apartment. We rode a bullet train to Madrid, which only took four hours to get to our destination instead of the nine hours it would take on a traditional train. We found our Madrid apartment rather quickly, thanks to the expertise of our map gurus, and quickly fell into bed.
Today was our first full day in Madrid. We went "museum hopping" and visited some very famous sights. After grabbing a quick croissant at the bakery down the road, we made our way towards Royal Palace of Spain. It has 2,000 royal rooms, and only 24 of them were open to us. We all agree the best part was the Royal Armory. The exhibition was packed with full body armor, for both men and horses. Afterwards, we walked to the Reina Sofia art museum, which contained both old and modern art. Soon it was lunch time, and we went to a restaurant and ate and relaxed for the museum we had ahead of us, the Prado. We spent two hours walking around this museum, looking at the famous art pieces; one of the most famous being The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch. It was difficult just to get though the crowds of people eyeing the art piece. Finally, when we finished seeing most of the artworks, and our eyes started to hurt, we took a quick trip to the market and found our way to our temporary home. Now we are resting up after our long day.
Gitaine