El Escorial and wildflowers

09 June, 2020

A very nice Spanish gentleman took me by car to visit El Escorial, a former monastery and sometimes summer palace in the foothills of the mountains north of Madrid. Unfortunately, it was still closed due to COVID-19 and we were one day early for the reopening, so we weren't able to tour the inside or the grounds.

Although we couldn't go inside the monastery, we were lucky in that the wildflowers were in full bloom and we took a short hike in the hills behind it.

This is a really interesting suspension bridge over the highway on the outskirts of Madrid.

It was so nice to have a day out of the city.