Madrid Day 2 - My Camera is... not doing well

Today after waking up a lot later than we thought we would, we decided to go on a walking tour to get ourselves acclimated to the city. I decided that for once I'd try and play tour guide so I planned a route without real knowledge of Spanish or good city landmarks. I basically just looked at our map, found some things that were especially marked, and found some cool ways to get there.
Matt wasn't feeling well last night but he was almost back to 100% today and we all knew we could use some good Spanish air. We set out for the Royal Palace and it was at this point that I realized that after 5 years, my camera was finally calling it quits. The 4 Megapixel, 3.1 optical zoom Fujifilm A345 has lost its ability to focus when zooming so, unfortunately, all my photos will either have to be of really big things or will be pretty distant. [Edit: It seems to be gradually losing its eyesight completely - after checking my photos, the poor camera is unable to focus on anything but the very center of the image... :( ]

After we saw the Royal Palace, we came back to Puerta del Sol and then continued on to the Spanish Congressional Palaces. We also walked past the Royal Theater, the Prado Museum (which we're hoping to visit tomorrow), the Museum of Architecture, the Columbus Circle and the Independence Monument.

I've realized two things: 1) There are still no clouds in Spain...anywhere. 2) Charlottesville and the greater United States are seriously lacking in Plazas. There are so many beautiful Plazas in Spain and Paris and London.

After a good three hour walk in the middle of the day, we went to the grocery store and downed multiple liters of iced tea (Simon), orange soda (Matt) and Coke (Paul). Then we went out for dinner and finished the day with a viewing of The Hangover.
"We're the three best friends that anyone can have. We're the three best friends that anyone can have..."

Cheers!

-Simon