Our long time confidants, muses, and spiritual inspirations Emma and Patrick came to visit us in Madrid last month. Also, they are our really good friends. We spent some time in Toledo looking at swords and castles, got soaked to the bones at a Cervantes festival, and ate cooks from nuns. It was an awesome time. Below you will find some of my favorite pictures from their visit.
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| Emma is excited and Patrick is skeptical of being in Toledo |
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| Calamari sandwich...could have used some sauce |
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| EXTREME CLOSE UP |
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| A few selfies, of course |
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| Look at these nerds |
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| Some church, I suppose |
A quick humorous story. After completely failing in navigating the train routes, we managed to find a medieval fair in honor of Cervantes. It wasn't as "medieval" as I was hoping, but it was pretty neat. When we first arrived, however, we were bombarded with some of the strongest rain I've seen in Spain. We took shelter under a food tent and proceeded to accidentally order roughly 10 pounds of meat. We managed to stay sort of dry and finish a good portion of our food. We kind of felt like fools for ordering so much meat, but then we started to notice that everyone around us was doing the same thing. A couple next to us ordered the same plate, and when it arrived, they just starred at it in horror for a few moments.
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| The rain is starting to come down |
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| Ah, excessive amounts of barbecued meat, exactly what Cervantes was famous for. |
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| The Spanish LOVE candy |
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| It actually turned out to be a fairly beautiful day |
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| CHILDREN RIDING BURRITOS |
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| Poor little guy |
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| A hawk, because, why not? |
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| I pretended to take a picture of Emma so that I could capture this man: the loneliest squire |
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| Flowers make Patrick sad |
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| Jessica and Emma as we ventured into a convent to buy cookies from cloistered nuns |
