A friend and I decided to take the "tren de la fresa" which is the Strawberry Train! It was such a cute experience, we took an old train from the 1800s about an hour and a half outside of Madrid to one of the spring palaces of the Spanish. We were entertained by people dresses in 1800s style clothing, they gave us strawberries from Aranjuez, we got a tour of the Palace and got to go to 3 museums. It was a wonderful day to spend in the spring Spain sun, and the flowers which you can see below are nothing compared to how beautiful they are in real life!
Flores.
Me in front of one of the fountains in the Palace Gardens.
Have you ever seen hydrangeas like this before? Unbelieveable....they were gorgeous.
The facade of the Palace, Spanish flag atop it.
Me in one of the rose gardens in the jardines de Aranjuez.
Believe it or not, this floats!! I saw a rare collection of Royal Boats used for leisure in the parks and down the river...this one is caked in gold and is super ornate used by the king late 1700s.
Local kayakers underneath a bridge leading to the gardens.
This is me posing in front of the train, it was so old and filled with families and kids...such fun.
Two of the ladies dressed up that handed out strawberries and gave a great performance.
One of my strawberries! Aranjuez is known as the "Plant City, FL" of Spain for its strawberries.
Inside the old train. It was super cute because leaving and entering the station, everyone outside the train for several miles kept waving and smiling as the train passed. It only rains once every Saturday during the Spring so to have rode on it my last Saturday here was lucky.
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