Note : This is more like an Entry Log than a post ....
itself and they also had a very cheap observation
deck to view the city of Madrid from above at the top for just 2 euro. View was
not the best for the building is not really that high up but still a pretty
decent and nice view for 2 euro.
Madrid ! in-between everything of one’s expectation but
truly a city worth visiting. Madrid is a big city but then again like any other
city suburbs the same residential/industrial and so on repeats outside. Most travellers
stay within the city walking zone to see the sights and museum.
First day and I could not check in till 2pm naturally so I
just stroll around wandering and stumble upon a building that has some
exhibition for free. “Palacio en Comunicacion” = The Palace of Communication.
The building was a beauty by  |
| Palacio en Communicacion |
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| Madrid |
When in Spain = Siesta like a Local ….
Siesta …. I fall into the siesta pace on the first day
itself and went to sleep after lunch only to wake up at 6pm and headed for the
museum. In fact I love Spain if only for the Siesta ….. Beauty culture, language,
food …. But nothing beats the siesta.
Museum Hack
Museum de Prado which was the 3rd largest museum
portraying old art and sculpture (1st is the lurve in Paris) was
free after 6pm. So most tourist just spend the time from 6pm to 8pm in the
museum instead of paying to enter. I don’t blame them and I guess I also became
one of them.
3rd place is a hard place to be for although they
had quite a number of masterpiece in the museum it was not a famous as the
Sistine chapel or the Mona Lisa. Still it was pretty impressive and the first
day I could only see maybe 20% of the whole museum.
Walking Tours
Next day I joined the free walking tour of Madrid at 11am
which gave a great brief history lesson of Spain as it is. The city gems and
wonder opening up little by little from the tour which was 3 hours yet one
could tell it was barely the scratch of Madrid. I also found out then during
the tour that Cuecha the neighbourhood the hostel I was staying at was located
at was a gay neighbourhood. It was labels as a fun neighbourhood J
Making Friends
Back in the hostel and the second siesta but this time I did
not get to sleep as I met PJ and KT which was from India. They and their very
young cousin of 19 years old was travelling around for a bit before eventually
heading for Portugal to attend KT sister destination wedding. A destination wedding
where one hold the wedding other than the place of the bride or groom. Portugal
was just a destination for all their family around the world to gather for the
wedding. Interesting I thought.
3 of us ended up going together (for me again) to the Museum
de Prado to soak in more old classic art goodness. Then we headed back to the
hostel while they prep up to go for a pub crawl. I cooked my cheap dinner and
decline the pub crawl. They did not make it to the starting point at 10 pm and
I saw them again at 1030pm. I introduced KT to the all great goodness of Europe
which was the 1 euro packet wine.
I became good friends with KT and PJ …. Only to later visit
them and crash at their home for a week in India a few months later …
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