City Tour of Madrid

What a hoot! We went on a tour this morning named "The Panarama City Tour and Palace Special." The funny part was that during the tour about the city, at least, we couldn't understand a word being said. We didn't have a clue what we were looking at! It was simply a bus ride around town with us snapping photos out the window like the ageing American tourists that we are :-)

Once we got to the City Palace, however, the tour got better as we were all given headsets that our guide spoke into in both Spanish and English. He seemed to really 'know his stuff' on the history of Madrid (which we were surprised to learn is only about 200 years old) and the history of Spain overall. Sorry, no photos allowed inside the palace, but if you look at the 'slideshow' you'll see (and know as much as we do about what you're seeing) the same as us. :-)

Now we're off to find some lunch and fumble about on our own. We couldn't do any worse :-)


Hugs,

N & N

PS - After reading a bit about Madrid I think what our guide wa saying is that the city was just a 'village' until the early 1800's. It's been here , albeit small, for AGES....and I mean like the stoneages!