Plaza Mayor Madrid

We traveled from Cordoba to Madrid on Tuesday on the high speed train. We checked into the Hostal Oporto, which is located just behind the Congress of Deputies, so security is always present and visible. The Thyssen Museum is just around the corner, and the Prado is just on the other side of Neptune Plaza, so we are all set for a few days of …

March 2nd:
1) man attempted to carry beer through security...we felt slightly more intelligent
2) watched three movies, two tv shows and ate two meals.... 11 hour airplane ride=success
3) Colleen threw her carry-on in above-compartment storage and managed to let her steal water bottle hit a man seated directly below in first class... …

Madrid is the capital city of Spain and I would say it is a European New York City, they look very similar. Our self proclaimed 'epic adventure' began at the crack of dawn with no sleep, which segued into our 'world famous hostel.' We walked into a construction zone, literally. The hostel is being renovated and it was a mess! We also spent a few …

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Ce lundi, j'ai eu la chance de visiter Madrid à pied, avec un tour gratuit proposé par notre auberge de jeunesse. Bien que Madrid ne soit pas une ville reconnue pour ses attraits touristiques, il y a tout de même quelques points intéressants à voir.


Le tour débuta à la Plaza de la Puerta del Sol, …

We arrived in Madrid by 6pm and had a smooth transition to the hostel. It is a fairly new place to open so was still pretty cheap and was a great location - right on the Plaza Mayor. The first couple of days we dipped into the Spanish culture. We went to a flamenco show on our first night which was brilliant. The dancers and singers were so …

After sleeping a lovely 8 or more hours each, we got up and were out of the hotel by 8:30. We ate breakfast of cafe con leche with some croissants and bread things and churros, then went to take the metro down to the older part of Madrid. I don't remember what exactly we were looking for, but we just started walking around finding random places. < …

Even though the countries of Spain and Portugal border one another and share a long history filled with both conflict and partnership, it is clear after arriving in Madrid that the countries are still vastly different in terms of economic development and potential growth. As stated in the previous blog post, Lisbon and Portugal as a whole is a …

No puedo creer lo hermoso que es Madrid. Hoy arrendamos unas bicicletas con las que pudimos perdernos en las callecitas y recorrer toda la ciudad. Pasamos por el barrio antiguo, el barrio multicultural lleno de chinos, indues y negros, el palacio real, la plaza españa, la plaza mayor y el mercado. El mercado fue lejos lo que mas me gustó. Es …

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So I will first start off by saying that I thought I would have a sufficient amount of time to blog my experiences, and while it is still the beginning of the program (chaotic), I have decided that even if I had the time, I would not want to spend it writing all the details of my experience in ENGLISH :). I wanted to have a cool …

This was our very first trip in Spain. Today we went with several people to the Rastro. That is a huge open-air market in the heart of Madrid. It was packed with people. We had to be constantly aware of pickpockets. We did not get victimized, but we constantly had to be on our guard.

Leslie bought a small coin purse for 2 Euros and a small …

... at our hostel on Madrid to find it in the heart of the city.  Only steps from the famous Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor.  We couldn´t have picked a better spot.  Similarly to Portugal, the cost of things is relatively low as well.  ...

... was the Cathedral (just breath taking, with a very Arabic gold-leaf ceiling pattern that illuminated the place). We ate lunch in Plaza Mayor, walked around the city, I bought a new dictionary with the excuse that they are better in Spain, but honestly I ...

... head out for beer and tapas or to wander in the cooling night.  Our walkabout led us to Plaza Mayor, a large and beautiful plaza in central Madrid.  The plaza's perimeter is lined by restaurants and bars.  There was even a bar dedicated ...

... , the wood, the statues, the buildings...everything breathed history. After Sofi arrived, we finished our beers and continued walking past Plaza Mayor. Only one block away we stumbled upon another square, this one smaller in size but equally grand. ...

... taken. I did try to explain that I have many a mass at the Oktoberfest, but they didn't understand my German. Next up was Plaza Mayor. This was how I thought Puerta Del Sol would be. A huge square which could fit 100000 people, or so the LP states, and ...

... morning and find it as well as the statue of the bear and madrono tree - Madrid's symbol) - continue walking down Mayor to the Plaza Mayor, Madrid's iconic square - do the square, looking for the higwaymen's arch and the restaurant named for the most ...

... seguramente ahí pasó algo importante en términos de la historia de España que nos queda pendiente leer. Seguimos nuestro camino hasta Plaza Mayor, obviamente ya Ami tenía los pantalones hechos sopa, y las Rift eran una laguna. (Ni hablar de que se ...

... out the main sites (Gran Via, Plaza de Espana, Palacio Real, A few churches, City Hall, Puerta del Sol, etc.) and when we stopped at Plaza Mayor, there was a sound check going on for a concert going on later in the evening. So we made a mental note and ...

... on fans, castanets and postcards. We wandered around the shops some more until we decided it was lunchtime and headed back to the bar by Plaza Mayor where we had stopped for coffee earlier. Once there we enjoyed a lunch of Bocadillas, Belle getting hers ...

... I arrived yesterday, I feel I´ve gotten a second wind for traveling. I was feeling sort of tired of it yesterday, but now I´m looking forward to the rest of it. It´s stopped raining now, so I´m going to head on to the Palacio Real and Plaza ...