So our second last day in Madrid (waaaaa) started off with a trip to the Museo del Traje which is a costume museum featuring many beautiful articles from the 16th Century till now. It was amazing to see the transformation in style throughout the ages and to see how people are now still incorporating some characteristics of these styles into modern day fashion. The tour started with clothing from the 16th century and eventually travelled through to an exhibit of today's fashion. After the tour we were treated to a behind the scenes look at restoration process that each garment goes through before being displayed in the museum. We really didn't realise how much stages and work goes into this.
After our tour at the museum Gillian and Nikki decided to take advantage of their last chance to sunbathe and hit the local pool in Lago.
Meanwhile, Kumba and Danielle decided to be a bit more cultural and ventured off to Plaza del Sol for some shopping and eating in the lovely Mercado San Miguel, where they consumed lots of tapas and sangria!
Later in the evening we went out for our last family dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. We are finally getting used to the late eating time in Spain and ventured out at 10pm only to get our table at around 11.30pm. The wait for a table however wasn't bad at all since we had some delicious cocktails to pass the time.
Not realising the massive portions that are served in Hard Rock Cafe we ordered a combo starter to share and each our own burger. Needless to say we were all completely stuffed afterwards and slowly traveled home whilst getting emotional about it being our last night together.
Our last metro journey together :(
Our next blog post being the last will be an emotional one...
Hasta Luego
Gillian, Danielle, Kumba and Nikki.
xxx
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