Woke up this morning in the beautiful city of Madrid. After a delicious breakfast at the hotel, our tour manager, Derek introduced us to our guide for the next day and a half, Tino. Tino took us on a tour of his beautiful city, sharing information and the sites of plazas, neighborhoods, historic buildings, shopping areas, church, and parks ( one of which was a hunting ground for the king until 1931), before arriving at the Royal Palace. We were a...

Hola from Madrid! After a one hour delay, and the longest taxiing of an airplane, we took off for Madrid. Made it without any problems, and were met by the wonderful people from Gate 1 travel. Arrived at our hotel Nacional located in the Centro district of Madrid. We were greeted by our tour manager Derek, who was raised by his Spanish mother and British father in both London and Barcelona. After getting squared away with our passports, hotel r...