Friday, October 9, 2009

Valle de Caídos and El Escorial


The next day we took a day trip to Valle de Caidos (Valley of the Fallen), and then to El Escorial in San Lorenzo. The Valle de Caidos was incredible. I have never seen anything like it! It is this huge monument with a cross so big you can see it the entire drive there. It was built to honor those who fell during the Spanish Civil War, but it really only glorified the Spanish dictator Franco, making it controversial - also considering it was built by political prisoners under Franco's rule.


Then we went into the town of San Lorenzo, where we visited El Escorial, which used to be a monastery and a Spanish royal palace where the King lived. We were also able to walk around the town of San Lorenzo on our own, which was really cute!

It was such a long day that when we got back to Madrid, we attempted to have a movie night but all ended up falling asleep.


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