Madrid and goodbye to Spain
Stayed two nights in Madrid... both in Hostals like the one in Sevilla. Single bed in a room to myself, but right in the heart of the city - beats travelling around in the heat of the day..... well that was the theory anyways. Ended up lugging my pack around about half of each day anyways as i had to find a new place for the second night (Hostal Neito was already booked out for Thursday night - haha, Neito
.... kinda funny as the place was really clean... only just got that then)
Lisa (see photo from Granada) gave me a list of things to see, and pretty much covered them all off. Saw the Reina Sofia (art museum with lots of Picasso and similar stuff, like Dali aswell) the first night I was there. Second day I spent wandering around the city just 'taking it in' - once again a city with old buildings and many squares... no matter how many you see they are all still unique and somewhat interesting. Spent a bit today (justified as have been under budget pretty much EVERY day) bought another Newcastle football top, and *whispers so Chloé doesn't hear* a Man United sleeveless top.... sacrilege I know, but hey I am over it!! Settled into a quite Irish pub for one beer and ended up talking with a Norwegian guy and we proceeded to sample a number of Belgian beers - ohh it's just so Cosmopolitan over here!!
Spent a couple hours on Friday uploading all those photos for you guys to see... so i hope you appreciate them. Also went to the Retiro Park which has a statue depicting Lucifers fall from Heaven into Hell. The only capital city in the world to have a statue of evil.... kinda cool huh!!
After that, kinda chilled in the park for a while then made my way to the train station and got the night train to Paris. Swapped trains in Paris and am now in Lille staying with Justine and her flatmate Florence. The weather here is pretty much like Hobart: raining one minute, fine the next, it's about 17 degrees at 4pm..... ahh if it weren't for all the French I would feel like I was at home!
.... kinda funny as the place was really clean... only just got that then)
Lisa (see photo from Granada) gave me a list of things to see, and pretty much covered them all off. Saw the Reina Sofia (art museum with lots of Picasso and similar stuff, like Dali aswell) the first night I was there. Second day I spent wandering around the city just 'taking it in' - once again a city with old buildings and many squares... no matter how many you see they are all still unique and somewhat interesting. Spent a bit today (justified as have been under budget pretty much EVERY day) bought another Newcastle football top, and *whispers so Chloé doesn't hear* a Man United sleeveless top.... sacrilege I know, but hey I am over it!! Settled into a quite Irish pub for one beer and ended up talking with a Norwegian guy and we proceeded to sample a number of Belgian beers - ohh it's just so Cosmopolitan over here!!
Spent a couple hours on Friday uploading all those photos for you guys to see... so i hope you appreciate them. Also went to the Retiro Park which has a statue depicting Lucifers fall from Heaven into Hell. The only capital city in the world to have a statue of evil.... kinda cool huh!!
After that, kinda chilled in the park for a while then made my way to the train station and got the night train to Paris. Swapped trains in Paris and am now in Lille staying with Justine and her flatmate Florence. The weather here is pretty much like Hobart: raining one minute, fine the next, it's about 17 degrees at 4pm..... ahh if it weren't for all the French I would feel like I was at home!
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