/tags/barcelona/ Recent content in Barcelona on The Modrich Blog Hugo -- 0.147.8 en-us Lucas Modrich Tue, 27 May 2008 02:54:40 +1000 /posts/2008/2008-05-27-madrid-to-barcelona/ Tue, 27 May 2008 02:54:40 +1000 /posts/2008/2008-05-27-madrid-to-barcelona/ <p>So after a reasonably restful sleep overnight we got into exploring Madrid early – eager to use the remainder of the time available on our 24hr Madrid Vision card (we had until about 2pm) – first on the list was a coffee at one of the many local cafe&rsquo;s, then onto the Royal Palace for a tour.</p> <p>The Royal Palace was spectacular. We we allowed access to about 50 of the 2,800 rooms in the palace. We started in the royal armory where armor that had been worn by or gifted to the kings of Spain was housed. This was a very interesting exhibition – you could even see how some of the kings had grown around the waist over time by the re-sizing of their armor ;).</p>