Sorry for not putting pictures on...no matter where we are or what internet we're on, pictures won't upload to this blog site or to photobucket. Aaand my facebook won't let me login today because I keep changing locations and for "security reasons" it won't let me login. Maybe Mary's computer has some weird setting on it.

It's been a few days...let me remember what we've been doing.

We went to a few art museums, an archeological museum that had mummies, the giant national library that had a museum inside, and a tour of the palace. All of them were pretty cool. My favorite painting in all the museums was a Van Gogh one I've never seen before. Instead of his usual blues and greys it was minty green and so pretty. Of course I didn't write down the name and now I can't find it anywhere online because it isn't famous.

Yesterday we rode a taxi to the train station, a bullet train to Sevilla, and a rental car to a little town called Rota. Mary had to come here for a few things, so we're staying at the U.S. Naval base in Rota. We found a small cove beach on base yesterday and we'll probably spend a day sitting on the beach! It was so cool to walk in the water on THIS SIDE of the Atlantic Ocean. The water is warm enough to swim in too!

I'm trying pictures again.


Us flying from Phoenix to Toronto.


Mom with a moose in the Toronto airport.


Delirious the first day as we walked around town and tried to stay awake. This is a huge cathedral next to the palace.


Me walking down some stairs, the only downhill stairs in the whole city haha


Mom and the city background.


Bimbo Bread haha


This is how close you can get to animals at the Madrid zoo. Weird huh?


Me and some bears. See how close they are? They could easily clear that gap and maul me. But they didn't.


Possibly the smallest car ever?! everyone drives these! haha


Churros con chocolate! a Spain must.


Night view.


grocery shopping! Their carts are so cute.


Panda and Mary in front of the Metropolis, our favorite intersection in Madrid.


Me in front of a GATE to a park. This is in the middle of an intersection round about.


in this city there are random statues and art pieces under bridges and construction sites.


Panda trying out the Spanish food, this appetizer was pickled green olives and sardines.


Ted and a famous statue of a bear and a strawberry tree in Plaza del Sol.


Panda next to Mary's new apartment building.


Mastering the metro!


Every time you look up there's a cool building. This one isn't even famous, it's probably someone's apartments.


self portrait! having fun!


shopping outside of Plaza Mayor.


Panda in front of Biblioteca Nacional! We went inside a few days later.


The Palace at night!


The best dessert ever at Cafe' y Te' sidewalk cafe'. Raspberry, vanilla, and lemon sorbet wtih fresh berries. mmmmmmmmmmmm.


Garden outside Case de Americas.


Mixture of new and old architecture plus a gumdrop flower bush.


Another sidewalk cafe', they are everywhere.


Hopefully these pictures work. We'll post more after our trip to the south and the beach!