Escorial!

I visited the Escorial on Friday, and it was super cool. The monsatery itself is really beautiful, but it also has an incredible collection of paintings, antiques, statues, frescoes, etc. We spent the better part of a day slowly meandering through the monastery, and saw, among other things:

-El Greco´s last (and failed) attempt to be a court painter
-The Pantheon of the Kings. This is the mausoleum of the past kings of Spain. It was probably the most impressive room in the whole monsatery. The room is made entirely out of marble and gold.

The whole experience was very amazing. We found out later that, had we gone on Saturday instead of Frisay, we would have had the opportunity to see a relic housed in the monastery that is onyl shown two times every year. Bummer.