We visited the Royal Palace on Saturday afternoon. It was pretty over-the-top. Over 3000 rooms. Gilded everything. Frescoes on the ceilings. Enormous paintings. All the things.
There was also an armory, but I’ll post those pics separately.
The two close-ups of the ceiling corners (before the piano)are worth looking at more closely. The artist combined 2D and 3D techniques to make some of the painted figures in the fresco become sculpted plaster as they crossed onto the wall.
We met Griffin at the airport with the rest of the exchange students, both from SPA and Colegio Malvar.
Group shot of the exchange students and teachers at the airport.
Griffin is in great spirits and is far more confident in his Spanish. He had a great time on the trip, and seemed excited to keep exploring for another two weeks.
He chose a great Philippine restaurant for dinner.
Dinner at El Torrezno Filipino, just around the corner from our Airbnb.
