High Flying Fun!

Today we started the day by walking to the Teleferico (cable car) over the Casa de Campos. One of the most amazing sights was the Casa del Campo, which is a park three times the size of New York's Central Park. The Campos used to be the hunting ground for the royal family but now is the largest park in Madrid.  People were walking, relaxing in the shade, biking, and there was even a group of men practicing their matador skills (no really!). We saw the Principe Pio Train Station, Manzanares River, and the Egyptian Debod Temple. 

Then we went to the Parque De Atraccions, which is the local amusement park. It had several great roller costers that really put World's of Fun to shame. My favorite was a spinning swing that took you high above the city and swung you around so you could see everything in the city until you were dizzy. Their rides were very easy to pronounce-Tornado, Tarantula, TNT, Vertigo, Star Flyer and Fantasia. We laughed as the people around us sang along to some American music playing over head. Even the children seemed to know all the words in English to some of our current music. They even had their own spin off of "It's a Small World". As we passed through the American section, we were pictured being famous for our old Western movies, New York, Route 66, and pop culture signs for McDonald's and  Coca-Cola.

Later in the afternoon we went to the Reina Sofia Museum which houses Pablo Picasso's famous Guernica. They unfortunately would not let us take any pictures of it but it was a lot bigger than I expected. It was 11 by 25 feet!