Blogs from Madrid, District of Madrid, Spain, Europe - page 5

I loved Madrid. Loved it... Wish we could have spent more time here... I'll back up a bit... We only planned 2 nights in Madrid, and only because we had to make a choice whether to go North or South in our journey. Many of my friends advised to skip Madrid in favour of some of the southern hotspots such as Malaga and Valencia... Because we wanted to hit San Sebastian before Barcelona, Madrid was a perfect destination between Porto and San Sebastian. We decided to fly from Porto to Madrid mainly to save some time. Finding our way from the airport on the metro to our Airbnb was fairly simple and we were settled. We totally nailed our location! It was within steps from Plaza Mayor... the main plaza or square in central Madrid and ... read more

Up until 11am our day started pretty much the same as yesterday, wake up thinking it's still the middle of the night, quietly sneak around the room getting showered and dressed, head down to our €3 breakfast (no pancake for me today as some moron burnt the shit out of the machine), pack up a bag for the day and head out. However, rather than repeat the walking tour, this morning we went straight over to Retiro to guide ourselves around the park. Parque de el Retiro is a very large park on the east side of the city, referred to as 'The Lungs of Madrid'. There is plenty to see in he park and we made our way around 8 different statues, monuments or buildings. The most notable of which were: - Monument Alfonso XII, ... read more

About 38 degrees on our arrival into Madrid with Rob and the gps successfully negotiating the streets of Madrid to find our apartment which is well located 50 m from the Gran Via and between Tribunal and Callao metro stations. First stop on Tuesday following the Queen's Birthday PH was to get the replacement for the stolen passport process underway. After the Embassy visit we braved the heat and from the Parc de la Montana could see our next points of interest including the Placio Real where the King of Spain still resides and then the Cateral de la Almudena. This being a major tourist highlight area in Madrid. On to Plaza Mayor and the Market where we ended up having tapas for dinner with what seemed like everyone in Madrid, it was packed. Some good ... read more

J'essaie de publier ce message à nouveau parce qu'il semble qu'hier vous ne l'avez pas vu. chut! Je pense qu'Omer va changer de religion... Il va passer du Canadien de Montréal au Real de Madrid! Dans le taxi, on aurait cru entendre Roger Brulotte... pareil, pareil! (Corina, c'est une blague pour les québécois). Au resto, même chose! Nous avons un fun fou en Espagnol. Sur ma liste d'immersion: dire à un chauffeur de taxi où nous allons (check 3 fois!) prendre le bon autobus √√, demander comment se rendre quelque part√√√√√√√ excepté quand on nous a parlé de la "rotonda", (un rond point!) ... avoir su! Je commande toujours en espagnol au resto maintenant! On écoute la TV en espagnol, l'oreille s'habitue! Bon, on se calme! Journée de pluie aujourd'hui, on visite à l'intérieur: le fameux ... read more

Happy Tuesday I have been so busy with school and getting everything together for Jonny, haven't even had a chance to update here. He arrived Thursday afternoon around one and it was such a beautiful day!!! He was tired immediately. Jet Lag is so real. It always hits at some point, and unfortunately for him it hit when it was absolutely gorgeous outside haha! I had originally wanted to go to Valencia, (south of Catalonia Barcelona) for a festival called "Las Fallas" which is supposed to be really cool and fun, but that didn't work out, things were too expensive, hostels were booked. So, when it was official that he was coming over here I planned the trip to Madrid. Madrid, the capital of Spain, includes some of the most authentic experiences of Spain. The huge ... read more