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| Oldest restaurant in the world |
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| A shot of the national berry |
The city on water was Madrid, Spain! I was told about this little fact while doing my favorite kind of tour through a city, a walking tour. The best kind. Madrid is a truly one of a kind of city full of great food, people, buildings, scenery and just everything. I was only in Madrid two days and I treasured every moment. The first day I did a walking tour and met about 10 other great people around my age and afterwards we all went out for tapas and sangria's. During the walking tour we offered a chance to take a shot. The shot see to the left is a type of alcohol made of the national berry and it's poured into a waffle shot glass coated in chocolate (who could say no). It didn't taste too bad and it's supposed to get rid of any demons inside of your body so at least I'm demon free! Spain is pretty superstitious and people have garlic hanging in all of the buildings. After the tour we went out for tapas and sangrias. I did not like the sangria so I happily gave it to someone else and the tapas would have been good had I not been such a picky eater! The tapas consisted of pieces of toasted bread like with brushetta and topped with various types of meats, there were fried dough balls with diced ham in it and then there was some chicken paella I'm sure there was more but every drink got about 1-2 nice sized plates of tapas and since there was 10 of us you can imagine the amount of food we were getting. I did try one of each but I was not a fan. Tapas is a huge thing in Spain so I think everyone should try it and its different everywhere! So many options! We were told to go to this chocolate place to try churros (yum) dipped in chocolate. I was so excited for this all day and I got there only to be sooooo disappointed. Maybe because I like cinnamon sugar on my churros. These were just fried pieces of bread that you dipped in some chocolate solution and it was very sad but the others seemed to enjoy it at least! I blame on me living on the border of mexico, I'm used to those.
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| The Town Hall in Madrid looks like a painting! |
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| I just like that it's called super mercat |
Madrid has some beautiful architecture and it is literally like the epitome of Spain to me. It was so beautiful and old that I couldn't help but fall in complete love with it. There were tons of cute little shops that I loved as well and it was truly wonderful, maybe one day I'll go back. I spent my days walking around and absorbing the Spanish influence and seeing all the sights I possibly could as well as playing on a playground with a few of my friends and it was a weird seesaw type deal that went high in the air and spun around at the same time, it was pretty great.
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| Sagrada Familia |
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| The beach! |
After my two days in Madrid I headed to Barcelona! I always hear so many great things about Barcelona and its always raved about. I spent 2 days here and the first day I just walked around a little bit and grabbed some dinner, I didn't arrive until later in the day about 11pm. It was surprisingly really busy on the street and full of people which made me feel a little bit more safe. My first day there I grabbed a map and found my way around the town. My hostel was close to many of Gaudis buildings and they were all really cool in person and I got to see Sagrada Familia and Casa Milo and a few other places, I can't think of their names at moment. I tend to write these posts while I'm travelling from one point to another which I'm doing now and this darn train keeps going through tunnels so I have to pop my ears literally every 30 seconds and I'm slowly going crazy. My second day in Barcelona I aimlessly walked around some more and went to the beach! I haven't been to a beach in 6 years? I was so happy to get there I literally sat about 6 inches from where the waves touched and I buried myself in the sand and it was wonderful, it was even sprinkling at some point and I would not give up. Nothing will ruin my beach time, its mine. I went to great restaurant the night before I left and the next day I was gone. I have to admit this though, I like Madrid so much more than Barcelona.
Now I'm on my way to a country that is said to be a pro with dough!
The city on water was Madrid, Spain! I was told about this little fact while doing my favorite kind of tour through a city, a walking tour. The best kind. Madrid is a truly one of a kind of city full of great food, people, buildings, scenery and just everything. I was only in Madrid two days and I treasured every moment. The first day I did a walking tour and met about 10 other great people around my age and afterwards we all went out for tapas and sangria's. During the walking tour we offered a chance to take a shot. The shot see to the left is a type of alcohol made of the national berry and it's poured into a waffle shot glass coated in chocolate (who could say no). It didn't taste too bad and it's supposed to get rid of any demons inside of your body so at least I'm demon free! Spain is pretty superstitious and people have garlic hanging in all of the buildings. After the tour we went out for tapas and sangrias. I did not like the sangria so I happily gave it to someone else and the tapas would have been good had I not been such a picky eater! The tapas consisted of pieces of toasted bread like with brushetta and topped with various types of meats, there were fried dough balls with diced ham in it and then there was some chicken paella I'm sure there was more but every drink got about 1-2 nice sized plates of tapas and since there was 10 of us you can imagine the amount of food we were getting. I did try one of each but I was not a fan. Tapas is a huge thing in Spain so I think everyone should try it and its different everywhere! So many options! We were told to go to this chocolate place to try churros (yum) dipped in chocolate. I was so excited for this all day and I got there only to be sooooo disappointed. Maybe because I like cinnamon sugar on my churros. These were just fried pieces of bread that you dipped in some chocolate solution and it was very sad but the others seemed to enjoy it at least! I blame on me living on the border of mexico, I'm used to those. 
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