This view of the Palace of Madrid at sun­set was a beau­ti­ful moment in a quick, three-day stopover in Madrid before head­ing on to Seville, Mala­ga and Grana­da. Seen from about a mile to the north at the tem­ple of Debod, an ancient Egypt­ian tem­ple gift­ed to Spain in the 1960s. The weath­er was win­try and the spot was crowd­ed – although Madrid has a lot to offer, we were glad to be on our way some­where warmer.