City Tour of Madrid on Foot

^{Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles}

^{Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada}

^{Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal}

^{Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon}

^{Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon}

^{Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville}

^{Day 6: Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to Tangier, Morocco + Overnight Train to Marrakech}

^{Day 7: My Five Star Hotel Room in Marrakech}

^{Day 8: Bartering for Mont Blanc Pens + RAK-MAD on Royal Air Maroc}

^{Day 9: City Tour of Madrid on Foot}

^{Day 10: Escape to the Madrid Airport Hilton}

^{Day 11: MAD-FRA-CPH on Lufthansa}

^{Day 12: CPH-IAD on SAS, IAD-PHX-BUR on US Airways}

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Day 9: City Tour of Madrid on Foot – 05 Jan 2010

This was my first trip to Madrid and I neglected to think about what I wanted to see there until I arrived. Like Lisbon, I decided to explore the city by foot and see, well, whatever I saw.

^{Palacio Real}

^{La Casa de Campo}

^{Catedral de la Almudena}

^{Plaza Mayor}

^{Puerta del Sol}

^{Bear Statue at Puerta del Sol}

^{Real Jardin Botanico}

^{Atocha RENFE (Train Station)}

^{Ministry of Agriculture}

^{Palacio de Telecomunicaciones}

^{Puerta de Alcalá}

^{Monument to Alphonso XII}

^{Crystal Palace}

^{Prado Art Museum — free admission after 6:00p.}

^{Gran Vía}

^{Puerta del Sol}

By the end of the day, I was content that I had explored the highlights of Madrid. After suffering though a meal at FresCo, a low-quality salad/pizza buffet chain (but less than EU10), I returned to my hostel continued my law school reading.