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This weekend was a very exciting one for me, because it was the start of my parent's two-week visit! On Saturday I took the 7 1/2 hour bus from Rota up to Madrid, and spent that night at my fellow language assistant Princess's. The next morning we headed to the Rastro, a popular open-air flea market that takes place every Sunday.
Then later that afternoon, I went to the airport to meet my parents, and their friends Janice and Dwayne. It was great to see them after being away from home so long. By the time I got them to their hotel near Gran Via, right in the centre of the city, and they were ready to go out again, it was almost sunset, so I decided to take them to the Temple of Debod. This is an ancient Egyptian temple that was given to Spain in 1968 as a sign of gratitude for their help in protecting several other Egyptian monuments. Then we had an amazing dinner at an Italian restaurant on Gran Via.
