Maybe, it´s the connection to South America but I arrived in Madrid and loved it immediately... and that was at the train station :) Gorgeous city, full of the tiny winding streets, massive plazas, cafes, ceverezias, shopping and surging locals that I expected to see in Paris. Arrived at 7am, dumped my bags and headed straight to the Prado. Discovered it was international museum day and they were all free, so 10 hours later, I had conquered the Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyss Bon and my eyes were falling out of my head. The Prado had an astonishing collection of classical art and it was just big enough to enjoy without being overwhelmed. Full of students and Japanese tour groups, people set up painting imitations of the masters etc. The Sofia was my favourite, being Modern
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