The next stop on the trip was just a few miles off and is called la silla de Felipe II - which means the seat of Philip II. It is a rock formation that overlooks the palace. Philip would often go there and sit on a little "throne" hewn out of the rocks and watch his royal palace being built. Here's where we would have insterted a lovely picture of our family sitting on the royal thrones carved out of the rock, but we had some technical difficulties (OK, the royal princess was being a royal pain and throwing a royal tantrum), but here is a picture of the view from the seat of Philip - looking at El Escorial. As you can see the weather was again perfect all day.
On the way to our next location, our tour guide was telling us about how once a year in some place in the nearby woods, Mary the mother of Jesus, allegedly comes and talks to people. No one sees her, but they can hear her talking. Last year they even set up a PA system. Who knows what she says. Just as he finished telling the story we came upon a gathering and realized that this was that day of the year! All sorts of people were gathered around in the middle of the trees to hear her talk. They had a little shrine or podium thing all set up for their guest lecturer, and everything.
Needless to say we didn't stop to listen.
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