Part 4: “I like to think of it as our glorified toilet that just so happens to sell food”
We only had two nights (one full day) in Madrid, so we tried to get the absolute most out of it. Right away we went grocery shopping (after discovering the apartment and the fact that we had no toilet) and made dinner for us and our friends Justin and Hala who we had met up with in Barcelona and now again in Madrid.
(This is Lea, trying to fix our toilet)
We ate dinner and then decided to go out. We realized that all clubs in Madrid are really expensive, so we ended up going to a few bars searching for dancing, but ended up mostly just dancing in the streets. The next day we got up and went straight to Plaza Mayor, from there we went to get churros con chocolat, which honestly give Disneyland churros a run for their money. They are a specialty in Spain, it’s like dipping un-sugared churros into the thickest hot chocolate ever.
From there we went to the palace and then to the Egyptian temple. We ate our last tapas and sangria and headed off to the Museo del Prado where we saw the Velasquez painting in which Picasso had been inspired (“Las Meninas”).
That night we went out for dinner where I met up with my high school friend Lara who happens to be studying in Madrid. She took us out to a salsa club, but we couldn’t stay out late because we had to get up to go back home the next morning. Spain was really such a wonderful experience.
It was really nice to go in the off-season when there weren’t so many tourists. Each city that we went to was different in their own ways, but each had the friendliest people and the most intriguing culture.
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