Blogs from Madrid, District of Madrid, Spain, Europe - page 109

Welcome to my first entry with Travelblog. I am in Europe on business and my first 3 nights are in Madrid. The first day I arrived exhausted from 18 hours of traveling from Madison, Wisconsin. Today, Tuesday, my goal for the day and the whole Madrid stay was to see Guernica at the Reina Sofia Museum. Turns out the museum is closed every Tuesday. A slight oversight but now I don't think I will have any time to see the museum before I leave. I have appointments tomorrow at 830 and then I fly to Barcelona in the afternoon. I could take a taxi to the museum after my first appointment run inside to see what I need to see and then catch another taxi to the airport. That could be the only way. I ... read more

I watched the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona this weekend. My classmates and I took the 6 hour trip by bus and stayed up for a full 24 hours. Everything that I have every heard about the festival is true! The party never stopped. This is definetly something that you must do before you die ......but honestly, I never need to do this again .... read more

I saw this as I was walking down the street in Madrid today. I am not sure what this means in spanish ................ Kinda makes you think !... read more

Every trip seems to have an overriding theme, unfortunately, its starting to be quite apparent that this trip is going to revolve around transport, and perhaps the lack of it. First stop of the day was to Madrid’s train station to join the long queues to sort out our trains to Pamplona… but the return trains were all fully booked… so we reverted back to our trusty buses instead - better than a bridge collapse I suppose. Now with half the day already wasted, we could finally start our sightseeing… We spent a couple of hours in the ‘Museo del Prado’, the Prado Museum, which houses some great sculptures and paintings from the 12th to 19th Century by various artists including: Goya, Rembrandt, and Rubens etc. Next stop was the ‘Palacio Real’, the Royal Palace, and ... read more

É verdade! Eu sobrevivi, apesar de não ter dado nenhum sinalzinho de fumaça para o pessoal do Brasil, avisando se cheguei bem ou não. São muitas as pequenas histórias para contar, então vou começar do começo. O vôo do Rio para Madrid foi tranquilo. Estavam fazendo uma "Operação Tartaruga" no Galeão e ficamos um tempão esperando para chegar até o portão de embarque. Depois de pegar uma fila quilométrica fora do portão, nos deparamos com outra lá dentro para chegar até a PF. Uns 5 minutos depois, chamaram todos os brasileiros para furarem a fila lá de dentro porque os vôos estavam muito atrasados, então nem passamos pela PF aqui no Brasil. Aliás, acreditem se quiser, não passamos por nenhuma PF. O vôo foi tranqüilo, apesar de longo. Tinha uma tela em cada assento, então ... read more