Today I met up with a friend from Tech who is working in Madrid for a few weeks and we went to El Escorial. It's a monastery and a castle where the Bourbon monarchs lived. It's about a 45min ride northwest of Madrid into the mountains. It was incredibly windy there which was a bit unexpected! After touring El Escorial we had expected to visit La Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen, where Franco is buried) but unfortunately it was closed because it's under construction so we weren't able to visit. Instead we hiked around a bit, up to an overlook known as Silla de Felipe II. It's named this because there are seats cut out of the rocks in the overlook, and I assume Felipe II had them cut out or sat there or something. It was a good view of the city and it was nice to do some hiking, especially with all the gorgeous fall colors everywhere!
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