Woke up this morning and headed straight for our traditional Spanish breakfast: Chocolate con Churros!
The San Gines Chocolateria is visted by everyone who is anyone from the King of Spain to Tina Turner to yours truly.
Thick hot chocolate and the fried churros topped with sugar: heaven!
We shopped away the morning and ended up at a park nearby the train station where we had a picnic lunch in the sun!
As we wandered the park we happened upon the Crystal House, which was home to a modern art exhibit.
A fountain in the park
We then made our way toward the train station to catch a local train to El Escorial to meet Tim and his family for dinner.
About 45 minutes later, we arrived in El Escorial, home to a famous monastery built by the Habsburg kings.
The exterior of the monastery
Sheep!
El Escorial is located just at the base of the mountains
Notice the very Austrian rooftops, thanks to those Habsburgs!
The plaza in front of the Monastery
We met up with Tim, a colleague of my mom in their Spain office, and his family and got coffee, before heading to a Japanese restaurant, which was not very well liked by Tim's kids, but it was most definitely an interesting experience. They were just the nicest and it was such a great time! It was a really interesting cultural exchange, as well as a just fun time swapping stories about Mom and work! After dinner, we drove home, dropping off the kids at home on the way.
When we got back into the city, we met up with Miguel, who was a CIT at Camp Timbers a few years back, for drinks and a night on the town. When we finally got home we were exhausted and went straight to bed!
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