PROTESTS AND PALACES
Started the day off with an innocent walk to the HOHO bus. The bus isn’t too far from our hotel – we walked passed the train station, our favorite McDonald’s, and the Prado. There seemed to be a lot more people than usual, but we said it was Saturday and more people would be out. The more we walked, the more buses, cars and people we saw. Then the crowds were there! Wow! Thousands of people were here, protesters in mass and we were right in the middle of them! Apparently, the farmers in Spain come here annually to protest the government. Each year it gets larger and I know there were about a million people here.
The crowd was so thick you could hardly move. Most were going the opposite way we were walking as we were trying to leave the protest area and everyone else was trying to get there.
We found a line of people trying to walk the same way we were and followed them but it was so tough trying to get through the crowds. Eventually after about an hour of trudging through the crowds of protesters, we finally found a street that led to safety. My what a start of the day. At certain times it was quite scary.
Onward to find the bus. After another long walk, we found the bus which took us to the Royal Palace. Wow, what a beautiful place. This is the Palace of King Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain. It is still used by royalty and you get to see certain rooms.
Unfortunately, we could not take pictures, but the Palace was beautiful.
After this day, we were glad to get back to the hotel and have our wine and cheese and go to bed.
Protests
Palaces
Tomorrow: The train to Barcelona
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