Hey Sharon73, welcome to the group
Don't take this the wrong way but your question above...
quote:
I would love to hear what you would recommend, or for that matter what you wouldn't! And tell me a little about it Madrid and Barcelona! What can we expect?!
... is very broad.
Most questions of this type do not get many answers on message boards due to their intimidating and broad nature. Could write a book of an answer on it all.
In short, they are impossible to answer.
I would encourage you to...
1) Spend a LOT of fun filled hours

on this board. You will find TONS of info on just about everything Spain related. Try doing some
SEARCHES ![[search]](graemlins/search.gif)
on topics you are interested in.
2) Ask more direct and specific questions that may be on your mind and post them in the various forums depending on the subject.
3) Check out IN DEPTH the main part of my website at
www.multimadrid.com/hogar.htm for ALL you need to know about Madrid
Saludos,
jer...