Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

After a long day of travel (8+ hour layover in Toronto 😐) we made it to Madrid. We made it through all the boring, time consuming necessities – got our car, set up our phones and headed to our hotel. Since we are only in the city two nights we booked something right downtown. We gave Siri a real workout directing us through the downtown streets but we eventually made with only one kid throwing up in the backseat.

We wandered around the area for a bit in the evening, grabbed a few groceries and fell in to bed. Sadly jet lag is a real and horrible thing and we all were up at midnight. Two hours later and a dose of melatonin we got some rest.

The day started slowly but we eventually made it out of our hotel. We decided to head to the Royal Palace of Madrid first. The kids were more interested in the park, but they posed for an obligatory picture first. We had lunch at the Mercado de San Miguel and ended the day at Primark.

Nora was unimpressed that the Queen wasn’t accepting any visitors inside the palace.

After a quick break we headed back out for a quick tour through the plaza and a visit to the Casita-Museo de Ratòn Perez, the Spanish take on the tooth fairy. It was a really cute little museum that I’m sure was more enjoyable for the Spanish speaking children but we still had some fun. We attempted to have some tapas for dinner but Nora had a fit so we settled for some takeaway sandwiches in the hotel. We set off for Lisbon tomorrow!