This morning after Nina finally woke up from sleeping 11 hours, we took the metro to the Opera stop near the Plaza Mayor square. We found Chocolatera San Gines and ordered chocolate churros for breakfast. The churros are long stripped donut-type pastries and are dipped in the cup which is similar to hot chocolate and hot fudge. Sitting across from Nina and watching her face while she ate it was interesting. Instead of just enjoying it, she analyzed the entire thing and said either the chocolate needs to be sweeter or the churros need to be sweeter. I disagree, it's Trixie Approved!!!
After our churros we walked to the Palacio Real and waited in line for tickets. We spent a couple of hours at the palace and discovered that Spain's royal family does not live in the palace. We started with the armoury first, the poor horses. How could the horses withhold the armour on them plus the soldier and their armour? At least the soldiers were small back then. The metal work on the armour and shields varied from plan to elaborate detail including a Medusa head. After the armoury, we visited the painting rooms containing works by various artists and were mostly religious.
Next we were blown by the official palace rooms. One room was called the porcelain room because everything - the walls, ceilings, ornamentation, were made out of porcelain. Another room was done in rococo style had marble crown molding and marble door frames. The dining room had 12 chandeliers and was gigantic. The palace and from what we could see is beyond ostentatious. Every room except for the pool table room has at least one enormous chandelier.
The palace even has an old pharmacy with porcelain jars labelled with the names of various herbs and medicines. The pharmacy even contains and old lab with big pestle and mortar bowls.
Next we walked and went into a couple shops as we made our back to the Opera metro stop.
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