2 rainy days in Madrid

My first stop this Autumn holiday was in Madrid. Cara and I flew in last Sunday morning. We arrived at the hostel by noon, and were straight back out the door to explore the city!

Here were some of the sites we visited:

The market hall with delicious looking food!

View in the market hall

Palacio de Cristal in Retiro Park

Cibele Palace - City Hall

View of the gorgeous autumn colours

We visited the royal palace museum

Sunset looking through an arch way at the royal palace

Catedral de la Almudena

Plaza Mayor

One evening we had dinner outside near the Plaza Mayor. It was a great dinner, but what I most remember was watching the police "chase" illegal street vendors. I put the chase in quotation marks, as the police clearly weren't trying very hard. The street vendors would have their items on large pieces of cloth, and every so often someone would give a warning. At this, all the street vendors would grab their items in the cloth and run off. Then the police would come sauntering down the street! We found it very amusing to watch.

Hard at work policemen

Then, after such a short time in Madrid we were off to Barcelona!