I left Salamanca with quite a few tears, but hope that Madrid would bring some relief. I was excited for what I'd see there, but the 2-1/2 hour bus ride leaving Salamanca for the last time was tough one. We did some pretty sweet things while we were there, though. Here is me and TeeTee at dinner at this pretty sweet Indian Restaurant (it was the only spicy food I was able to find in Spain!!).
On day one in Madrid, I went on a loooong walk all over town and saw this bear and tree statue that I've always seen in other people's pictures. I'm still not sure the name or significance, but I got a picture (I was getting lazy at being a good tourist... after 6 weeks of it and all).
Here is the Stadium Santiago Bernabéu, where Real Madrid plays futbol. I did an exterior tour (aka self led around the outside, too broke to afford the actual tour) and got this sweet picture of me in front of it.
Here are a few more cool buildings/statues... once again I don't know the significance, but they sure are pretty!
On the final day, I made a much desired visit to the Prado Museum. I have been waiting a looong time to make it to this museum and see all of the famous works within. You can ask anyone in my Art History class last winter who knew I was going to Spain... every painting in our book that was listed in the "Prado" I was freaking out about. Oh, and I saw them all, you better believe it. It was my favorite thing about the city. Here is me in front of the Prado with the statue of Velazquez, arguably the most famous artists to come out of Spain (competing with Pablo Picasso, of course).
What else did I do in Madrid? Lots of great things! My other favorite thing, aside from the Prado, was the live Flamenco show, up close and personal. We had front row seats and literally got sprayed with the sweat of the dancers. It was incredible... all of it... the dancing, music, vocals, ahhh it was just great! What else? Dinner at a random terrace, walking around, befriending two guys on the street and taking randomly hilarious posed pictures, eating lots of ice cream (yeah, yeah, nothing new), and finding a pretty sweet Mexican restaurant (for those of you who didn't read my earlier post about Spanish food, it's much different! haha).
Catch me later :)
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