Hola from Madrid!

The high-speed train was awesome. We got to see some wonderful Spanish landscapes along the way. The train topped out at 300km/hour! So cool! We walked around Madrid a little bit and some of us got dinner at a restaurant in the middle of a big pedestrian walkway in downtown. We saw the palace that the royal family where the royal family used to live, but they don't live there anymore. I'm looking forward to the museums tomorrow. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! And as Amparo put it, getting a 10-day trip through Spain and Portugal is a pretty nice birthday present :)