Our last day in Madrid started with same amazing breakfast. After gorging ourselves, we put all of our stuff on the bus and headed to a town outside of Madrid called Escorial. This town had a monastery and palace. It was not the most exciting place, but the town was pretty cute very, touristy though.
The monastery had a huge courtyard, gardens and had a great view of some snow capped mountains. Jesus took us on another personal tour. There were several other groups of students mostly Spanish students taking tours as well. At one point Jesus got mad at the Spanish students because they were being so loud and interrupting our tour. He called them uneducated and ignorant. The monastery/palace was nowhere near as ornately decorated as the Palacio Real. There were some cool paintings and maps, but I would have much rather stayed in Madrid and explored more of the city.
After our long and semi-boring tour, we were given free time to explore and get lunch. We wondered around Scoria looking for restaurant that served non-Spanish food. It came down to a Chinese place and Italian place. Italian won over, and I enjoyed a giant plate of grilled veges.
Everyone met at the bus at 3:30 and we headed back to Salamanca. I really enjoyed Madrid, and I would love to go back and explore more of the city. Also I hardly spent a euro in Madrid! Jesus gave us 40 euros for the weekend for food. I only spent 5 euros of my own money on postcards. Sadly I did not make it to a grocery store to buy peanut butter. I will be back in 23 days to collect my parents from the airport, so we will be making a pit stop!
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