My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
Our friends Butch and Myra joined us today. They will be traveling with us for the next two weeks. We met their plane and then spent the day showing them Madrid.
We stopped for chocolate and churros at Chocolateria San Gonés.
I especially enjoyed walking through San Miguel Market. They have such beautiful food.
The weather today was cool and it rained this morning but this afternoon it cleared some. We walked through Retiro Park.
Our train in Collioure left at 6:51 so we left our hotel and waked to the train in the very early morning light.
It was a twenty minute ride to Perpignan where we had an almost three hour layover before catching the train to Barcelona. So we were able to get our last French croissants and coffee while we waited.
From Barcelona we caught the high speed train to Madrid where we are tonight. We went to several nearby places and had tapas for dinner.
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