Traveling makes Blogging difficult

I really intended to blog during our trip... but best laid plans just never seem to work out. We really packed a TON of stuff into our Madrid trip and I was left at the end of the day in an exhausted heap snoring before my head even hit the pillow.

It was a fantastic trip, Madrid is one of my favorite cities in the whole world. This is my 3rd trip to the city and it was fun to share some things I loved in the past with Drew (this was his first trip) and also discover new things together. Madrid has become such a modern city - it reminds me so much of NYC. But unlike NYC it is steeped in thousands of years of history and we often felt like we were walking inside of a postcard.

We also had the pleasure of visiting the Holy Trinity of Art Museums in Madrid - the incomparable Museo Del Prado, the modern Reina Sofia and the remarkable Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Of course we loved them all and each had their strengths; at the Prado the amazing number of true classic masterpieces contained within it's walls is staggering, we had to stop by a 2nd time on our last day just to revisit a few of them one last time. The Reina Sofia is a modern art paradise and they had a fascinating exhibity by sculpture Juan Munoz that was a feast the senses. The Thyssen-Bornemisza is a fascinating place, both because of the art of all ages (from 12th century religious art all the way to Warhol and Lichtenstein) but also because the entire collection was previously the 2nd largest private art collection (2nd only to the British Royal Family)

One of the most fun things we did was a 3-hour Segway Tour of Madrid. It was so much fun - we were able to cover so many areas because of the speed of the Segways and also had a lot of fun zooming around on them as well.

We took a trip to Toledo for the day and explored the historic city, beautiful in a way only a European country can be with ties and evidences of the various cultures that lived and ruled this land. The walls that line the city are originally from the Roman era and were later reinforced by the Moors reign in Spain. It was a fun day.
We have now made it to Ohrid Macedonia, it was a long journey even from Madrid and we are VERY glad we were able to split the trip up because the thought of traveling all the way from Buenos Aires to Ohrid makes me want to pass out. Macedonia is a beautiful country, lush and green this time of year with breathtaking mountains and in Ohrid the oldest and deepest lake in all of Europe. We have what can only be described as a true "Room with a View" - I'll sign off with a photo of that view - and yes I took this photo this morning just after waking up.