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Sunday 29 October 2017

{postcards from Spain-Madrid}

Hello blogland!
Huge apologies for my absence! I've been doing loads of travelling this autumn and it's been hard to keep up!
I'm finally blogging about my trip to Madrid in September...
It was fab! It started off with a a sangria looking onto the Royal Palace in Madrid...and then from there it was amazing!







The first day we had a special tour of the Escorial Palace & Monastery, which was fantastic!






We got special access to the cloister that is usually closed--it was stunning! The water reflecting on the marble on the central pavilion was simply amazing...




 & of course the interiors were pretty fabulous too. My favourite was the library, but we weren't allowed to take pics there...sadly!




Of course I gave my paper at the conference,  & attended sessions, as well as museum visits... but in the evenings it was tapas at Mercado San Miguel and simply taking in all the delights of the streets....


{we had dinner here in this lovely little taberna after my panel--a little hole in the wall that filled up with locals at about 11pm for dinner!}

{mercado san miguel}






{Plaza Mayor}




I've still got to catch up on Salerno & Naples travels...so stay tuned for more soon!
x
L