Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Downtown Madrid – day #2

The weather in Denmark have been really bad for months, but in Madrid it was sunny and about 18 degrees (Celsius) I borrowed some shorts from Javier and we went downtown to see Madrid.
Downtown in between business buildings and everything else you find Estadio Santiago Bernabeu where Real Madrid plays. (Not as nice as Rice-Eccles Stadium – GO UTES)
Above is a beautiful buildings on Calle Serrano, which is one of a few streets where all the expensive shops are in Madrid. It was nice to walk around in the nice weather and a bit fun to see how different I looked to all the local people.

Several nice buildings, in nice weather – perfect.


After a lot of sightseeing we went back to Alcobendas to have lunch with the family and afterwards Javier’s girlfriend, Encina, came over. Below it is from left to right, Encina, Javier, Guiri (me), Gema (Javier’s sister), Maribel, Vicente. A very nice family that let me stay at their place and really let me experience the beautiful hospitality that they have in southern Europe.

After lunch Javier, Encina, and I went back to Madrid to do some more sightseeing
After see all of those beautiful and historical places it was time to get some food at a nice Spanish restaurant. We met up with Cata and his girlfriend, and one of Encina’s friends Laura and her boyfriend Jesus. We had a wonderful dinner, with good food and a lot of fun conversations.

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