Christmas in Madrid

After whirling through Barcelona, we had a nice rest day--on an 8 hour bus to Madrid! It was amazing to see such a huge busy city entirely shut down for one night. On Christmas Eve, nothing was open. Not even the kebab place. And yet everyone was out walking around, it was really great (and luckily we had a fabulous picnic ready in our room from La Boqueria)

On Christmas Day we walked around the city. I made Jeana try chestnuts...I'm still not sure if she really liked them :)
Festivities in Plaza Mayor
yay, Happy Holidays!