Madrid!

Plaza de España

This weekend, Michelle and I went to Madrid and it was amazing! As soon as we arrived Thursday morning, we began our sightseeing. Not only were there so many attractions we wanted to see, but we were also on a time limit. The first place we visited was Plaza de España, a large square located in the center of Madrid. From there we visited the Templo de Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple that was rebuilt in Madrid, Palacio Real (the residence of the Spanish Royal Family), Catedral de la Almudena (Madrid’s cathedral), Plaza Oriente, Plaza Mayor and Casa de la Villa. At about 1, we headed to the hostel to rest up a little. At 3, we headed out for lunch and then continued our sightseeing. We visited the Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta de Alcala and finished being tourist at the beautiful Parque de Retiro. Before ending our day, we went to the best 24 hr churro spot in Madrid, to obviously, have some churros and hot chocolate before bed.

Puerta de Alcala

Templo de Debod

Plaza Oriente/Palacio Real

Parque del Retiro 

We woke up early Friday morning because we had another busy day ahead of us. The first thing on the list was tour the Bernabéu Stadium, the home of Real Madrid. The tour lasted about two hours and we got to see a panoramic view of the stadium, the trophy exhibition, dressing room, players tunnel, press room and more! After the tour, we did some souvenir shopping, visited the Prado Museum and lastly, attended a bullfight. The Prado Museum was nice, but the highlight of this day was the bullfight. I actually cried watching the fight. Sometimes it’s hard embracing a culture when the outcome is not what you want, but an experience like this only happens once in a lifetime so I had to take advantage of this opportunity. Would I go to another bullfight? Absolutely not. To continue, after the bullfight, we went to the churros spot again then called it a night.

 Bernabéu Stadium

 Bernabéu Stadium

Plaza de Toros

Bullfight

We left Madrid at around 12:30 Saturday afternoon and arrived back in Barcelona at around 1:30 p.m. Madrid is by far, one of my favorite trips, not only because I planned it but because it was everything I expected and more.