Sunday, September 13, 2009
My feet are sore!
It´s been a really hectic 2 days in Madrid, but lots of fun! We´ve managed to get all sorts of things done, and minus a small hiccup last night meeting up with my aunt and uncle, things have gone quite smoothly!
Yesterday our flight got in around noon local time, and we took the subway to the hotel, which turned out to be gorgeous and super conveniently located. Went for a walk and saw an egyptian temple, a huge park with a rose garden, twin churches, the royal palace, a big cathedral, the opera house, and another big park. After a quick nap we took the subway to meet my aunt and uncle for the leonard cohen concert(by the way, it`s a super complicated system here...just getting over to meet my aunt and uncle required 3 subway connections!). Unfortunately our google maps directions got us lost and we ended up taking a taxi to their hotel. We went out for a really nice dinner, then were blown away by the concert - leonard cohen literally played three and a half hours, including FOUR encores. The concert didn´t end until almost 2am, a little ridiculous!
Needless to say we slept in this morning, but still checked out a massive flea market, the train station, plaza mayor (where they filmed the assisination scene from Vantage Point), a fantastic pastry shop, an art museum, the botanical gardens, and a long walk along Gran Via, similar to NYC´s Broadway. My feet are SORE. The strangest thing is that restaurants don´t open for dinner until 8pm or later. Smoking is MUCH more common here, food is generally fairly expensive, but the subways are super cheap (1 Euro!).
We pick up the rental car tomorrow and head to Portugal, with our first night in a Pousada!
Yesterday our flight got in around noon local time, and we took the subway to the hotel, which turned out to be gorgeous and super conveniently located. Went for a walk and saw an egyptian temple, a huge park with a rose garden, twin churches, the royal palace, a big cathedral, the opera house, and another big park. After a quick nap we took the subway to meet my aunt and uncle for the leonard cohen concert(by the way, it`s a super complicated system here...just getting over to meet my aunt and uncle required 3 subway connections!). Unfortunately our google maps directions got us lost and we ended up taking a taxi to their hotel. We went out for a really nice dinner, then were blown away by the concert - leonard cohen literally played three and a half hours, including FOUR encores. The concert didn´t end until almost 2am, a little ridiculous!
Needless to say we slept in this morning, but still checked out a massive flea market, the train station, plaza mayor (where they filmed the assisination scene from Vantage Point), a fantastic pastry shop, an art museum, the botanical gardens, and a long walk along Gran Via, similar to NYC´s Broadway. My feet are SORE. The strangest thing is that restaurants don´t open for dinner until 8pm or later. Smoking is MUCH more common here, food is generally fairly expensive, but the subways are super cheap (1 Euro!).
We pick up the rental car tomorrow and head to Portugal, with our first night in a Pousada!
Labels: Honeymoon
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