Madrid and Seville

May 18 -  Reached lisbon airport around 9am. The flight to Madrid was short, no checks for covid protocols in Madrid airport. Took a cab from airport to airbnb for 30$. Checked into the apartment, the apartment was a 1 bedroom just a few blocks from Plaza mayor. Grabbed a quick lunch in a chinese restaurant nearby, not a great lunch. Madrid was very different from Lisbon, no one spoke English. Walked around plaza mayor in the evening. Working day.

May 19  - Took cercanias ticket to airport from sol station.$3. Went to T4. Took shuttle to T1. Picked up the kids. Took cab back. Ate at plaza de mayor.

May 20 - Went to Madrid Royal palace in the morning, it was a decent 20 minute walk. Spent two hours in the palace. Walked around the gardens behind it. Tried a couple of places for lunch and ended up grabbing quick empanadas and came back to AirBnb. Walked around sol in the evening. Saw professor from Money Heist.

May 21.  - Went to Prada museum in the morning, A very big musuem and tiring. Went to retiro park and Crystal palace in park. 

May 22.  - Went to Sunday market,cathedral near palace. Walked to Gran via from there. San gines churros.

May 23 - Segovia train. 40m. Visited castle. Disney land inspired.Aqueduct. Impressive 

May 24 - Toledo- took bus to Toledo. It was cheap. went to Mira dor first. Walked to cathedral via bridge. Beautiful.best cathedral. Walked around the city. Jewish quarter. Headed back.

May 25 - el Escorial. Took train. Not so good. Went to Telefonica building walked through gran via

May 26 - chill day. Deep went for shopping. Senthil and I went to basilica and shopped at primark 

May 27- went to cathedral near palace. Walked to gran via.went to mirador tee peo in the evening for sunset. very good.

May 28 - Took two cabs to the station for catching the train to Seville. Reached seville around 1030, directly went to AirBnb, the place and the host was super nice. Seville was very hot, ate at an italian restaurant and walked to see a church, but wasnt great. Evening went to Alcazar, had a really had time finding it. I started feeling sick with cold symptoms. 

May 29th - Went tp Plaza de Espana, a very impressive structure with waterfront. Spent the morning and walked back to the Cathedral in the afternoon. 

May 30th - Took a train to granada early in the morning. Saw the gardens and palacio nazaries after that. The palace was good but not as good as the hype. Took a bus back to Madrid. Reached madrid pretty late. Walked near the cathedal and had some tapas. 

May 31st - Went to bull fighting ring. Visited a lighted modern place for a evening view after dark. End of Sevllie, preparing to go to Barcelona. 

Day1 - Chinese / falafel

Day2 - Rosa da Lucas/ plaza mayor - Rosa ambience very good

Day 3 - empanada / yatai market Asian street food- very good

Day 4 - Italian near retiro / home

Day 5 - croquettes/ cava baha street 17 tapas ok

Day 6 - Segovia- not good / plaza mayor

Day 7 - Toledo- Shanghai- la mordida mexican - both good

Day 8 - el Escorial- not good - taste of india very good

Day 9 - San Miquel Mercado/ bambijm tapas in plaza de Santa Ana - ok

Day 10 - churros ( San gines)/ drink

Seville

Day 1 - da pino Italian/ Al wadi - middle eastern - both were good.

Day 2 - Ming Chinese good

Day 3  - Grenada. Ate breakfast in a place opposite to castle

Day 4 - tapas near bull ring. Pepe hillo good