On Saturday morning/ afternoon we were given the opportunity to go see a small city near by called Escorial. This city was built by King Phillip II for proper burial sites of Kings, Queens, and other royal family members and additionally to have another get away from Madrid. The main part of the entire city is the monastery which is where the royal family members are buried now in a chamber under the church. In addition to this burial site and the church, there are rooms for the king, the queen, and his children to stay when they came and visited that were right next to the church. This way they could hear music and sermons all without having to get out of bed. There is also a monastery attached to this which is still in use today along with the church. This would have been an absolutely beautiful place to live despite the rooms just have the basic needs (not something that a normal king would be like, but since he wanted to be known for being attached to the church, he did not look for many luxuries in his living arrangements). The gardens were my absolute favorite next to seeing the burial chambers for past kings and queens of Spain. From the gardens, you could see a lot of the beautiful landscape and mountains that Spain has to offer. It was an absolutely lovely day filled with new memories and friends in Escorial!
The monestary
Outside the Monestary
The beautiful view from the gardens!
Later on Saturday evening, we went to Kapital, a dance club in Madrid. I had a lot of fun just dancing and hanging out with my new friends from the program!
Then despite not getting back to my apartment till about 5 am, we all headed out around 11 am and went the el Rastro for some shopping. Lots of people and a lot of things to look at there!
Much love,
Brianna
No comments:
Post a Comment