We arrived in Madrid around 9:30 AM, 2:30 AM our time. This was our most productive day of the trip. I don't know how considering we got about 3 hours of sleep. I think we were just so excited to get our feet wet in some new culture. Once we figured out how the hell to get to the downtown area from the airport, we made our way to the hotel area. Found a decent hotel and took a snooze. We woke up at about 4 PM and we were starving! Got showered and ready and left on a misson for some good (but quick) Spanish food. We came upon a vegetarian restaurant. Fueled up on some bizarre food and headed for Museo Del Prado. Seen some famous works by Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Hieronymus Bosch, Diego Velazquez, and many others.
Afterwards we stopped at Miau in Plaza Santa Ana for some cafe leches and water and to make a game plan for the rest of the remainder of our trip. Got hungry and went to Kaixo Taberna and had our first tasting of tapas! While there, we met two young girls from Amsterdam. We decided that we would all go to a salsa bar/club down the street. We tried dancing but it was too fast paced! We made our way back toward the hotel, by this time it was about 3 AM and seen a karaoke bar!! This was the best way to experience the local culture. They were singing a lot of 80's songs from the U.S. They could not seem to get enough of George Michael's hit "Last Christmas".
Went to bed around 5:30 AM. And oh did we pay for staying out so late!!
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