The past few days my friend Emily from the US came to visit me!! We had a great time and it was nice to see a familiar face again! She brought me some goodies from the US (like mac n' cheese) which was awesome. We did the touristy thing around Alcala and Madrid. It has been awhile since I was a tourist in Madrid so it was kinda nice to do some of that stuff again. We took a gondola/cable car ride from Parque Oeste to Casa del Campo and got to see a panoramic view of the city and some sites like the Templo de Debod, el Palacio Real, the river, and the gorgeous Casa del Campo park. Casa del Campo is an amazing park on the western side of Madrid, it's 5 times bigger than central park, has a zoo, an amusement park, lots of playgrounds, some mountain bike trails, picnic areas, and it'd be a great place to run! (although there is the minor issue of having to then take the 90-120min trek home on public transport without showering... so maybe I'll just run by my house and walk around Casa del Campo.) Monday while I was at work Emily went to some museums and saw a little of Madrid on her own before I met up with her after work to see Retiro, Gran Via, Sol, tapas at el museo de jamon. We of course had to have the Spanish staple of chocolate and churros (pictured above). It was a really great time!!
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