This is the outside of RealMadrid’s soccer stadium. A group of us were able to go to a game last weekend. It was one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had. The stadium is called Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. It was definitely the largest sports stadium I’ve been to in my life. The game was RealMadrid vs. Racing Santander. The stadium holds over 80,000 people and seemed to be completely full! I was surprised to see how many people were there, and also their ages. There were some spectators there that had to be in their 60’s or above. The entire stadium cheered and booed at every play. It was especially cool because ReadMadrid won 1-0! Spaniards sure love their fútbol!
This is a picture from the first castle we saw last weekend. This castillo de Coca is from the 15 century, as our tour guide informed us. It has had some extensive renovation since then, but has maintained it's same overall appearance. It's age shows in some rooms inside the castle. Our tour guide shared with us that Napoleon was here at one point in his conquests! If that's not history I don't know what is! One interesting thing from inside the castle was the prison. About two stories above the prison room is a hole large enough for a person to 'fall' through. Come to find out, that is exactly what it was used for. Our tour guide told us that prisoners would be dropped from this hole into the prison room so that upon impact their legs would be broken and they'd be left 'to rot' as he told us. I don't know about you but that sounds like no fun Freddie!!
This is a picture from the first castle we saw last weekend. This castillo de Coca is from the 15 century, as our tour guide informed us. It has had some extensive renovation since then, but has maintained it's same overall appearance. It's age shows in some rooms inside the castle. Our tour guide shared with us that Napoleon was here at one point in his conquests! If that's not history I don't know what is! One interesting thing from inside the castle was the prison. About two stories above the prison room is a hole large enough for a person to 'fall' through. Come to find out, that is exactly what it was used for. Our tour guide told us that prisoners would be dropped from this hole into the prison room so that upon impact their legs would be broken and they'd be left 'to rot' as he told us. I don't know about you but that sounds like no fun Freddie!!
This picture is taken from the train station of Madrid’s downtown buildings. I chose this one because for a major world city, you might be surprised why there are so few tall buildings. I think it shows how old Spain really is. These are the only buildings that really seem to be ‘modern’ to me. All of the city’s other buildings are from centuries ago, just like their post office that can be seen in my last post. I didn't realize until coming here the rich history this country really has. It makes me realize how young America really is.
I find that there is a lot more mixing of age groups in Spain. For example, the 60-year-olds you saw at the soccer game.
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