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Madrid, Gotham...and Ft. Mac?

Posted by El Natan | 14th July 2009

We arrived in Madrid and immediately noticed a difference from Barcelona. Madrid feels bigger. It feels like a business centre, and definitely has a different atmosphere than the laid-back café meets beach feel of Barcelona.

Nevertheless, that is not to say Madrid is not a nice city, and it was still undeniably Spanish. We went out for dinner at 9:00 pm, and still felt early. The corner store by our hotel had wine and tapas. People understood us easily and we understood them. So far so good.

We mostly did the same thing in Madrid that we had done in Barcelona. Wander randomly and eat as we saw appropriate, with a slight effort exerted to the see the sights, which were again, mostly European architecture which had mostly gotten old the first time we were in Europe. We did, however get to see statues of Don Quixote and Sancho and were interviewed by a group of schoolchildren that were doing some sort of assignment.