Tuesday, January 26, 2010





Here are some pictures from this weekend of visiting El Escorial which was a monastery, university, and royal retreat. Pretty impressive, especially the tomb where all the past kinds and queens reside. No pictures were allowed inside though, so I apologize for not having any to show. I also got to see the grave of Don Juan, who I found out was a Spanish General from Austria after some research. Unfortunately, he was not as much of a womanizer as the fictional Don Juan. Then we went over to Valley of the Fallen which was absolutely beautiful. The sites construction however is a bit controversial because it was built by war prisoners, so kind of bittersweet beauty.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, wer sind diese ganzen Leute, kennst du die?

Ruben said...

Hey, Basti
Seems that was a great day trip!
Ruben

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