Bab 110: Honeymoon (5)

They left Barcelona after breakfast and drove towards Madrid, the capital of Spain. They arrived in Madrid at dusk. The traffic was good and the trip felt relaxing. Finland did not feel tired at all.

They stayed in a luxury apartment in the center of the city and spent the following few days exploring the beautiful old town filled with ancient buildings.

Finland was fascinated by the royal palace and the Stradivarius string quartet in it. As before, they were very relaxed in enjoying the tour, usually visiting only one place in one day, except for the last day when they stopped at Retiro Park after the Prado Museum because they were so closely located.

"The Spanish and Portuguese once 'colonized' my country," Finland said. "It feels rather strange to come here and see the relics of their old civilization and imagine what happened hundreds of years ago when the Spanish and Portuguese sailors sailed the seas around the world in search of spice islands."