Our 'Real Madrid' is a relaxing apartment right outside the central tourist area. Our arrival was by Socibus, a six hour ride from Sevilla. The bus was comfortable and even had a charging station. We arrived in the rain and thus took a short taxi ride to the Madrid Central Suites where check in was quick, easy and the apartment bright, clean and cozy.
Waiting in the bus station.
Our first full day in Madrid was spent playing Minecraft, hanging out in the apartment and planning out the next eight days.
Minecraft Multiplayer!
View from apartment balconey!
Wednesday we again tried something new. The Madrid City Tour Hop On Hop Off Bus with an audio guide of all the attractions, museums, palaces and sites in Madrid. I thought the bus was a good idea because it was slightly cold outside and the city is too large to force the kids to walk around and see everything. On the bus they have audio specifically for kids, nonetheless, it took less than an hour for Roman to get bored. We stopped for lunch and got back on to see the second route offered.
Bottom line bikes beat buses, hands down.
Madrid City Tour Bus Routes
Kids having fun dancing to the soundtrack accompanying the audio tour. It got too cold to sit upstairs with the partially opened top.
Many languages from which to choose.
Fun at lunch making ice cream soup.
They are experts as they 'graduated' from Ice Cream Soup University.
World famous Spanish Hot Chocolate with churros for dipping! From Churreria Chocolateria Los Artesanos 1902. The Traditional way was passed down from father to son for over 100 years.
