Madrid Day 1!

After a very early wake up, we met at Heathrow airport very excited to get to sunny, hot Madrid. Two hours later, we finally landed at Barajas airport and took the coach to our hotel which is right in the city centre of Madrid. After we dropped our luggage at the hotel, we started making our way to Puerta del Sol, the exact centre of Spain and we all heard about the history of the city. As we walked to the Reina Sofia art museum, we passed Madrid’s stunning architecture, scenery and culture. We visited Picasso’s large and very famous painting ‘Guernica’ and many other famous paintings by Salvador Dali and others. Afterwards, we took the metro which was fortunately air conditioned and made our way back to our hotel after a very long and tiring day. Later on, we davened Mincha with Mr Schneider and ate a delicious dinner. We ate schnitzels, pasta and chicken soup, and for dessert, fresh watermelon and vanilla cupcakes. Mr Raby had organised a fun general knowledge quiz. As many topics came up such as lyrics, movies, Spain and capital cities many people would argue that the quiz about teachers was by far the most interesting! What a great day we had! Can’t wait for tomorrow! 

Isabelle Rosenzweig