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Seville to Madrid on RENFE’s AVE High Speed Train
Last day in Seville. We woke up very early. We had to catch a train to Madrid later on in the morning, and we wanted to go have breakfast in one of the neighborhood restaurants. There are many such...
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Madrid: Art Museum and “Ham Museum”
It was slightly after 2 PM when we finished the meal at McDonalds. We could have taken it easy for the day but that is not like us. We are typical kiasu Asian tourists who would rather run ourselves to...
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Madrid: El Rastro, Plaza Mayor and Chinese Food, Finally!
We were totally exhausted from the day before. We had just taken a train from Seville to Madrid, visited two museums and then went to bed late because we wanted to soak in the air of festivities on a...
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Madrid: Don Quixote, Plaza de Espana and Royal Palace of Madrid
Day three in Madrid. This was going to be a much well planned day for sure. I got the day’s plan all well mapped out the evening before. This time I know where to go, for how long and most importantly...
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Madrid: Dining in Botin, the Oldest Restaurant in the World
For our “big restaurant” visit in Madrid we picked Botin. Botin is well known as the oldest restaurant in the world which is disputable. We knew up front that this restaurant is now a tourist magnet...
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Madrid: Chocolaterier St Gines — The Best Hot Chocolate and Churros
After the suckling pig lunch at the world’s oldest restaurant, we went for dessert. High on our list of stuff to eat in Madrid is churros and hot chocolate. Yeah, we had eaten that several times...
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Madrid: The Fourth Day and Visits to Museo de Jamon
The fourth day was going to be light. I had planned for just one museum to visit but is filled with little eats here and there. It is also the day of shopping … Suanne’s shopping, not mine. For once we...
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Madrid: A Memorable Day In Toledo
Day 5 is the day we travel outside of Madrid for the day. The plan was to visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Toledo. Toledo is one of the historic capitals of Spain. Toledo is about 70 km outside...
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Madrid: Mercado de San Miguel
Well, this was the last evening in Spain. We got back from Toledo and had a short nap in the hotel to recharge ourselves. We then went out to explore Madrid but largely we were in the vicinity of the...
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Madrid: Going Home
We had already packed our bags the night before. Suanne is a stickler for these sort of things. She will line up the final things we need neatly for the morning the night before so that we can get out...
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