Girls' trip through Spain: Scrapbook Part 1

Well...

My friend Anna came to see me in Spain! Here we are at the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, doing a little tour of Barcelona before heading off to Madrid.

Ocean wave arch at Parc Guel in Barcelona (designed by Gaudi, the same guy who designed Sagrada Familia).

Madrid!

Um, yes. Well, we conducted some in-depth research into the Urgent Care facilities in Madrid. The official, press-release explanation for this photo is that Anna had a little mis-step during an encore Flamenco performance...

Fortunately, the doctors said that she could walk through the Prado Museum the next day...and that her ankle sprain wasn't serious enough to end her career in Spanish Dance.

Prado Are Museum. Lovely Place.

When we were walking back to the hotel from the Prado, we ran into this strange sight on the street:

We spent quite a bit of time trying to figure what was going on here, so I'm not going to explain it right now. Are they prisoners, it is some sort of military exercise,...a Masonic initiation? Ha ha.

We had a favorite Tapas bar in Madrid that had really excellent grilled asparagus...and sangria. Girls' night out!

Action shot: Anna. Sangria.

As always, the picture of refinement and decorum.