Madrid Travel Blogs - Page 5

My 12 day recce of Madrid has passed, and I'm back in England for a couple of weeks before moving out there. The London pre-trip holiday lasted longer than anticipated. I got back to Coventry late on the night before the trip and got round to packing at 3am. Quick sleep until 5am, then up…

Contemporary Madrid is a sprawling, modern city with a population of three million. While the suburban areas are awash in uniform, concrete apartment buildings, the city center of Madrid Spain is a delightful mix of narrow alleyways, gourmet restaurants, and world famous modern art and Renaissance …

Our first order of business after a bit of a late wakeup was to check out the Prado.  The museum was absolutely huge and we started off on a progression that seemed most logical.  Everyone knows there are some major works here, but our favorite was Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earth…

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I’ve been stuck in the United States for over 7 years now.  Stuck in the same routine doing monotonous monkey jobs because—until last summer—I hadn’t been able to come up with a clear plan for my life, a clear objective or purpose to pursue.  Well, maybe now I’ve finally figured…

The week prior to leaving for this trip had to be one of the longest, stressful weeks...but it ended and we were finally boarding Iberia airlines (note to Iberia: You may want to reupholster some of those seats!) and heading to destination numero uno, Madrid.  Since we only had one day in…

Day 5 - Free Day In MadridToday we get up and head out on another great adventure of Madrid.  We go for a tour of the Royal Palace which is right in the city. And its raining in Spain. We head out of this city and to this amazing palace that is built into this mountain, The Royal Palace In Val…

I booked my ticket to Madrid on Aer Lingus and ended up with a six hour layover in Dublin. I wasn't sure if I would have time to leave the airport and get a bite to eat...turned out I did! My first stop was the currency exchange in the airport where I gasped as I watched my American dollars devalue…

¿Y por qué no nos vamos a Finlandia en el Puente de Diciembre? Esa fue exactamente la pregunta que hice a mi amigo Julián un nublado 23 de septiembre de 2006. La respuesta afortunadamente no se hizo esperar y esa misma noche teníamos comprados por internet los billetes de avión al país nórdi…

Azura (azuresky12) got in touch with me about a couple of shots she wanted “fixed”.  It seems the sun didn’t want to cooperate with her while she was in Madrid and the shadows end up too heavy.  She asked me to work my magic on them and told me where to find them.  Well, it was…

A la vuelta de nuestro viaje semanal a la Riviera Maya en Mejico, como nos parecían pocos dias de viaje para volver ya a casa, decidimos hacer otro viaje de otra semana a Portugal. Partiendo del Aeropuerto de Barajas, que llegamos a mediodia del domingo 6 de Mayo, y aunque con el jet lag y zumbado…

============ Resumen del Viaje ================ Recorrimos 1.200 km  en 8 dias. Vimos 3 monasterios ortodoxos, numerosas iglesias , varios museos y exposiciones. 2 recitales clasicos. El pais es tranquilo, la gente es cordial pero no detallista. Conducir es una locura, no respetan demasi…

I think every single person currently in Spain is sick, including me. Everyone is coughing and sniffling.  It's like some kind of epidemic. After coming from Barcelona, Madrid was a little dull, it probably didn't help that I was sick and could barely keep my eyes open.  One of the staff…

What little I know of Real Madrid is of their 'Galaticos' days, before Ronaldo was called El Gordo, Zidane, Figo, Roberto Carlos, Raul, Casillas ruled the fields and of course, the all too popular David Beckham just made his Spanish debut. Real Mardrid has its fair share of fans in Malaysia, …

Again we got up quite early because again we were starving!!! Since most of the shops are close on Sunday’s we went to the Parque de la Montaña, near the center of the city to see the Templo de Debod. From this Parque (Park) I could also have a great view from Madrid and from the Royal Palace. I…