day three: madrid

our second day in spain (third day of our trip) was spent in madrid.

a very sad thing happened on this day. my chi hair straightener died a very hot death. the converter we brought with us (come to find out) didn't work. sad! my straightener got so hot that the plastic around the ceramic plates melted. this meant i had to wear my hair pulled back/curly the entire trip.

we did a session in the madrid, spain temple thursday morning. the funny thing is - the session was in english! there were more english speakers there than spanish speakers. i felt bad for the two spaniards that had to wear head phones in their own temple.

it's a pretty temple.

we also enjoyed all of the funny signs spain has to offer. this was one of my favorite. it's their "exit" sign. i call it the running man.

don't hold the door, don't fall in between the train and the platform, and don't pull the door open, respectively.
the "hulk" don't-cross-now sign.
after spending some good time at the temple, we went to the prado museum. word has it that it's second only to the lourve.
obviously we weren't allowed to take pictures in there, but i got to see originals of the following...



...among others. it was really quite fun to see the pictures i learned about at BYU.

after the prado, we headed across town to go to a bull fight. the bull fight was...quite the experience.
outside.
inside.
the matadors.
and now, bull fighting in a nutshell.
step one: irritate the bull.
step two: spear the bull in the neck. (the idea is to weaken the bull's neck so it can't lift it's head...)
step three: spear the bull...again.
step four: fight the bull. step five: stab the bull in the heart. (with the bull's head weakened, the bull fighter stabs the bull in the heart through the top, in between the shoulders.)
on the way home (after the bull fight and dinner), i took a picture of the stadium where the real madrid play soccer. our hotel was really close to the stadium.
day three over! needless to say, it was a busy day.

:)