The Amazing Race: Day 4

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After arriving at Madrid-Barajas Airport, we swiftly went to our hotel, the Don Luis. After a quick unpack, a change out of our uniforms, and showers, we arrived at Restaurante Rubaiyat around 2 PM to grab a well deserved lunch. We dined on tapas plates of cuttlefish paella, rice, squid, pork rinds, and other local delicacies. After finishing off our miniature plates, we hailed a cab again and traveled crosstown to Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Spain’s premiere bullfighting ring. The crowd there was loud and raucous; our adrenaline was pumping. There’s nothing like a man entering the ring with a bull almost 6 times his size. We never saw anything graphic, but the risk of that happening was high. These men were professionals, who knew how to avoid danger with a red cloth in their hands. After a brilliant show, we exited the arena. Realizing we were low on time until the race was over, we hurried back to the hotel, and b-lined straight for the airport, and headed for our last, and closest destination: Mexico.Country Visited : Spain




Country Shape Classification: Compact




Country Development Classification: Developed




Specific Places Within Country Visited: Madrid, La Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas del Espíritu Santo






Country Capital City: Madrid




Capital City Population: 3.2 Million




Country Population (most current available): 47.3 Million (2013)




Country Population (in 1900) :20,750,000



Country Government Type: Kingdom




Current Leader(s) / Party(s) : Felipe IV




Ethnicities (%!b(MISSING)reakdown): 87.8%!S(MISSING)panish 12.2%!o(MISSING)thers




Religion(s) practiced: 69%!C(MISSING)atholic, 26%!A(MISSING)thiest, 2%!o(MISSING)ther





Traditional Cuisine Descriptions: Empanadas, cuttlefish paella, rice, squid, pork rinds.




Traditional Dress Descriptions: Large flowing red dresses, use of sequins, the women’s mantilla or veil




Famous sites of country : Royal Palace of Madrid, Alcazar of Seville, Salamanca, Sagrada Familia




Average Life Expectancy Males: 79.0%!<(MISSING)br>



Average Life Expectancy Females: 85.2%!<(MISSING)br>



National Unemployment Rate: 24.0%!<(MISSING)br>



Country Literacy Rate : 97.9%!<(MISSING)br>



Country Murder Rate: 0.8%!<(MISSING)br>



Crude Birth Rate: 9.72%!<(MISSING)br>



Crude Death Rate: 9.99




Havana, Cuba → Madrid, Spain

Airline=AIR EUROPA




Departure from Havana, Cuba Jose Marti International Airport= 3:35 p.m. (3/4/15)




Arrival at Madrid-Barajas Airport in Madrid,Spain=12:45p.m. (3/5/15)




Flight Cost= $3318.52




Departure from Madrid-Barajas Airport= 1:15 p.m.




Arrival at Don Luis Hotel= 1:30 p.m.




Cab Cost = $12.00




Check In at Hotel= 1:40 p.m.




Hotel Cost= $104.70




Settling In= 1:50 p,m.




Arrival at Restaurante Rubaiyat (for lunch)= 2:04 p.m.




Cab Cost= $18.70




Departure from Restaurante Rubaiyat= 3:50p.m.




Lunch Cost at Restaurante Rubaiyat = $134.98




Arrival At Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas (bullfighting)=4:40 p.m.




Cab Cost= $49.50




Departure from Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas= 6:00 p.m.




Tour Cost= $57.70




Arrival at Don Luis Hotel= 6:25p.m.




Cab Cost=$19.20




Check out at Don Luis Hotel=6:35 p.m.




Departure From Don Luis Hotel=6:45p.m.




Arrival at Jose Marti International Airport=7:40 p.m.




Cab Cost= $16.00




Departure from Madrid, Spain= 8:25 p.m.



TOTAL EXPENSES WHILE IN MADRID, SPAIN = $3,731.10

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