I started my day Sunday at 2pm Madrid time. Yay for jet lag! We wandered over to our school so we could figure out how to get there for Monday without getting lost! After a group of us traveled down to La Latina for some tapas and exploration.
Surprise! Madrid is obsessed with ham, it is in almost every food option on menus. I have not eaten ham in about 5 years but when there is one or no “pollo” options I had to find something else to eat. I must say... the ham here is amazing. I now understand why they have ham flavored potato chips and the Museo del Jamòn (museum of ham).
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| Jamòn y Queso Croquettes |
After lunch we headed to south La Latina where we came across this beautiful cathedral. I LOVE how there is cathedrals all over Spain. The US should really consider investing more into their churches’ architecture. The inside had magnificent art on the walls and the ceiling. However there was a mass going on at the time so pictures were not allowed. I honestly don’t think pictures would have done it justice.
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| San Francisco el Grande |
Directly to the left of the church was a beautiful garden and the back overlooked valleys and mountains. I tried to find more information online and found nothing about it or the statue below. The view just made us all speechless. All of the greenery with the mountains and valleys was amazing.
Next we hopped on the Metro and headed towards Parque del Retiro to watch the sunset. First off, watching a sunset in Madrid is close to impossible. All of the buildings are so tall so watching from the ground just isn’t the same as watching a sunset on Fort Myers Beach. BUT it was super cool because the park was set up so when the sunsets the sunlight goes directly through a long walkway between trees and hits this fountain perfectly giving it its orangish tint. To the right of fountain there is a lake that you can rent little boats during the day to go around in. This park had SO much more to see. I am excited to go back and see it all!
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| Galàgapos Fountain |
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| Estanque del Retiro with Alfonso XII Monument |
Right outside one of many entrances to Retiro park is this roundabout (Mom, I know you would have a lot of fun going around and around looking at this). I have some pictures from during the day but the way they have the lights on it at night are just so perfect! This is really quite the hotspot with tons of little restaurants and bars all around it.
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| Plaza de la Independencia |
It is safe to say I am falling in love with Madrid.
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