We Went to Spain Last Week

My wife and I have been married for ten years as of April 17, 2016. We both had some vacation time to use so we took a trip to Spain. Mr. Dude is too little to be left at home with a sitter for a week while Mom and Dad travel the globe so he came with us to Madrid.

We flew standby from Chicago to Newark and then Newark to Madrid. Mr. Dude was a real trooper. It was his third time to Europe (previously visited London and The Netherlands.) We did a lot of public transit, food sampling, photos and general family time. Enjoy or skip the photo overload below:

Spanish rain.

It rained the day we visited the Royal Palace.

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The whole time we were there Mr. Dude repeatedly and loudly asked for snacks.

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Hanging out at an outdoor cafe in Madrid. I could totally get used to this sort of thing.

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After a long day out and about Mr. Dude needed some time to veg. It just so happened to take place while we had dinner.

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Preschool yoga professional doing his morning stretches.

We spent part of our 10th anniversary in a boat.

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My Hard Rock Cafe meal.

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Mr. Dude was pretending to play the guitar for most of his meal.

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The obligatory proof photo of my Hard Rock Cafe visit.

 

 

Spanish Pizza

The pizza wasn’t that great, but the company was wonderful.

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It took a few days, but I found some Mountain Dew.

 

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Moments before the video below was shot, Mr. Dude was out cold.

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The post-nap Teleférico trip photo.

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We took the subway everywhere in Madrid. The 5-day tourist passes we got worked out perfectly.

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Mr. Dude had all sorts of feeling about the subway system in Madrid.

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Preschool life is a pretty good life. Too cool for the camera here.

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Rockstar in the making?

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Mr. Dude did a great job on the way back to the U.S. It was smiles and naps most of the way home.

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Our view on the way home.

Mr. Dude loved dancing in Newark airport.

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He was over it by the time we got back to Chicago, but I don’t blame him. I basically was too.