CEA planned a trip for us to go to Madrid over the weekend by train. We took the high speed renfe and it took us just about 2 hours to get to Madrid, the capitol of Spain. When we got there we took a bus to our 4 star hotels that CEA set us up with– classy. Daniel met up with us right away and started our tour around Madrid, since he's abroad there. We went to lunch at Cafe Oriental, in a square looking over the government buildings and the Opera. Madrid is one of the oldest cities ever built, so just being in the atmosphere of all the Roman stone buildings and monuments was an experience within itself. Madrid is certainly the New York City of Spain if you can refer to Barcelona as Miami. Enormous buildings in a city that makes you feel small as Alice in Wonderland, with tons of cool restaurants, bars, and shopping of course.
The first day we walked around the park and all throughout the city after lunch
The second day we went to the Botanical Gardens after we visited the Prado Museum– the most famous museum in Madrid that holds European art from the 12th-19th centuries. I got to see Diego Velazquez's iconic Las Meninas painting and a ton of Christian and Byzantine art.
In the Botanical Gardens... the arches are usually filled with grape vines that alternate green, red, and purple grapes down the path in the spring and summer.
Ate lunch at Mercado San Miguel, the oldest market in Madrid. Kind of reminds me of the Boqueria in Barcelona, except this market is indoors and covered with glass doors.
Walked to the Royal Palace– La Palacio del Real, Madrid and overlooked the view of the city
Late night churros and chocolate ("chocolat con churritas") at Madrid's famous chocolataria. Ok, the chocolate LITERALLY tasted like melted Nutella– heaven.
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