Madrid
Travel Blogs from Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands
Cultured weekend in Madrid
... is a huge museum and we only had two hours in it, nevertheless we still saw loads including paintings by Rembrant, Monet, Goya and El Greco, we both really enjoyed it we also looked around a temporary exhibition in a nearby building first which was also ...
Italy reunion
... opportunity to spend 5 weeks on the beach! But at the same time I was definitely looking forward to being back in Madrid and civilization. Last night we threw together an inmpromptu reunion of those who went on the Italy trip...amazingly, out of 15 ...
The Flamenco Experience
... travelling maybe we can get together over a coffee / wine when I get home. Lets continue: So here we are in Madrid, Spain ! That first evening set the pace for what was to be a renewed way of looking at the world (from a time ...
Madrid
... here as well, but I hear that Chitown is pretty steamy right now also, but at least we have air conditioning and free water at home. Madrid is a big, noisy modern city. There are wide boulevards, big plazas, and lots of the modern amentities of ...
Chegando em Madrid
... . Saiu correndo olhando, olhando, quando menos espero vejo um onibuis saindo, tento ler o que ta escrito emcima, la esta Madrid-Barcelona. Pensei: lascou (na verdade pensei aquela palavra que nao posso escrever num blog aberto a todas as idades). So que o ...
Partyýng ýn Madrýd
... only thýng worse than gettýng kýcked out of bed early ýs gettýng kýcked out of a chaýr early), I arrýved ýn Madrýd and promptly hunted out some accomodatýon. Once that waz sorted (or so I thought), I went and strolled over to the Royal ...
Everyone has a chink in their Armour
... his swindling... We then got to see the disappointing Ireland match... Great atmosphere in The Dubliner's bar in Madrid. Plenty of French and Irish. 6 Crona for 10 euro... not bad. After witnessing the mighty Irish lose ...
Ready to start school again!!
... -Garde and the Generation of '27. It's a poetry class, and unlike every single person I've met, I actually really like poetry, and Spanish poetry is even prettier. Shakira's songs are always better en español. I'd like to get this Skype thing figured ...
Bocadillas, Bocadillas, Bocadillas!
... del Ben Retiro. Here we found the Puerta de Alcalá, which is a large granite structure that used to be the main entrance gate to Madrid from the city of Alcalá de Henares. In the Parque del Ben Retiro we also managed to find the Monumento a Alfonso XII ...
1st Day.... Very Funny (to everyone but me!)
... , seriously like 6, streets all come together. My cab bill came to 20 euros, about $27 US, but aparently it´s some holiday in Madrid or Spain or something, so all taxi´s are "doble" (double) I tried to argue with him, but I was far too tired, so my ...
the end of south america
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Madrid
Ok so finally made it to Madrid, the capital, the next day. Crazy place, much bigger and much more confusing then Barcelona. Went to the Royal palace and blah blah blah the usual sightseeing, later went to some park and got offered weed by about 10 ...
Madrid Princesses
... have dropped over $150 on each of us in one day. It was unbelievable...the sky was the limit!! We left Madrid rested, with clean laundry, great memories and undoubtedly a few pounds heavier. We are so grateful to all the people who took such good care of ...
Where´s the Stadium???
... right inside the gate. No it´s never that simple is it. Got talking to a girl at breakfast yesterday morning and was asking her what she was up to in Madrid. She told me about this ATP tennis tour thing that she had heard was on right now in the ...
Madrid and Il Tomatino
Madrid, Spain What a beautiful city...and I promise we'll update the blog soon, but we wanted to let everyone know that this Wednesday we'll be in Valencia for the Il Tomatina - the throwing of the tomatos! Here's a link -- you have to see the video ...
Arriving in Madrid
... natürlich von Vorteil, so muss ich auch wirklich Spanisch lernen, doch es ist schon ein bisschen bedenklich. Das wär's soweit aus Madrid. Den nächsten Eintrag schreibe ich dann hoffentlich aus meiner neuen Wohnung in Toledo. Hasta luego Don ...
Last day in Spain
Yep, our last official full day in Spain is finally here. And we're all ready for it to be over and to get home. We got up this morning and headed to the metro, to meet Amy at the Sol metro stop. She was in London this ...
Loving Madrid
On Thursday we went to Parque Retiro (a huge park in the centre of Madrid). On the way we stopped at a market and bought things to have a tapas picnic with, these included olives, sweet red peppers, chorizo, pan con tomate and of course San Miguel. We sat ...
Espana, Campeones!!
What a send off after 5 struggling months of rainy, over worked life in Madrid- Spain, the perpetual underdogs of the footballing world have finally won something, the Eurocopa 2008 to boot! The whole city went crazy last night with hysterical/drunk ...
Art of War
... Tintoretto. Powerful, dramatic, violent art. It is the stuff that gives Spain its edge and marks even the shortest and tamest of visits to Madrid with a razor sharp slash across the conscience of any citizen whose country is at war. Twice we visited ...
The Land of Bullfights, Flamenco, and Sangria
... More on that later as we are about to go see the city. With 13 days until our friend Molly comes to meet up with us in Switzerland, we are trying to go around Spain, Portugal, southern Spain, and perhaps Morocco before our deadline. ...
New Roomy
I have a new roommate, and she is nice. Her name is Katie, and she is from Georgia. I think she'll be fun to travel with. I might be going to see a bullfight Saturday night! Very excited. Maybe Ferdinand will be ...
Valo in Barcelona
... planned to have breakfast at the Boqueria Market (like the St. Lawrence Market in TO), but it was obviously closed when we arrived - SPAIN! We wandered for over an hour trying to find something to eat and ended up at Pans & Company (the Spanish version ...
Trip to....
... an English speaking country. I am going to go May 20th, about a week after finals are done with. I want to tour parts of Madrid that I still have yet to see after school is out, then go to London. Since I have to be back in Madrid to go ...
Coolest City in Europe?
Incredible people, great art museums, parks, a great night life...Madrid has it all. It was the most fun I had in Europe. A lot of it is probably the people we met, but Madrid is defnitely a fantastic ...
In Madrid
... blue skies and warm temps (around 23-25 degrees). Madrid is a wonderful city. We have spent the whole day touring the old part of Madrid and finished it off with two jugs of Sangria (which was delicious). We are back in our room now but I don't think ...
Madrid - Ramon Freixa
Today we went for lunch at Ramon Freixa Madrid and spent four hours enjoying the vast array of delights on the degustation menu (attached to this post). I don't really know where to begin to describe it, but it was without doubt one of the best meals ...
Madrid
Dear Blog, I have been a little slack with my blogs lately. Its been a week since we left Madrid so thought i'd better write about it. We took a nice comfy train from Barcelona and arrived in the afternoon on the Friday. The Hostel was ok, we were in a ...

