Taylor's travels : Madrid Spain day 1

So only 8 days after my Paris adventure I left bright & early for my travels down in Spain today!

Oh my goodness and when I mean bright & early, I mean bright & early! My flight was at 6 am and with me getting so close to almost missing my Paris flight previosouly I wanted to be at the airport in good time. So I was up at 3am, and left the flat at 3:30. Made it through security at 4:45 so I grabbed some breakfast and waited to board the flight.

I slept most of the way, these cheap flights come at a cost however. You get what you pay for. So the seats are extremely tight, and no room to extend seats or anything like that. But I'd rather that than an expensive flight.

After the 3hr flight I arrived in Madrid and got on the metro heading towards my air b & b accommodation. I am staying at a hostel through air b&b. Still very cheap for being centre of Madrid PLUS it's complimentary breakfast, so I will save on that.

When I arrived at the hostel it was 12pm, I checked in grabbed some maps went to my room and decided to take a little nap because I was completely exhausted and I was going to be in a bad mood and not enjoy my sightseeing if I didn't rest for a bit.

I slept for an hour, then got up and headed out to see some of Madrid. I took the metro to the Palacio Real De Madrid, which is Spanish for the Madrid Royal palace.

Went inside the palace and its massive! The outside was my favourite. The building itself was so beautiful. It's right next to another big monument here in Madrid, the cathedral ntra Sra De La Almudena... Ya it's just a cathedral but good lord what a mouth full.

I went inside the palace, had some very pretty rooms, the dining room and the one bedroom was my absolute favourite (pictures to follow)

After this I went back to the hostel, I laid out the maps I had collected during the day and put together my list of what I'm doing tomorrow. Because my last and really only full day of Madrid is tomorrow so I have to get it all done! Which hopefully won't be too hard, it's not too big of a city and all the big monuments are close together.

I asked the host what's best to eat for supper, something very Spanish because I'm wanting to experience the culture food aswell on my travels and he recommend a bar down the road (15 minute walk) and they do really cheap good "Tapas" there he said.

Which lead me to ask what the hell is a tapa. A Tapa isn't an actual exact type of food, it's the state of how they do drinks and bar food. So you go into a bar, order a drink and with the drink they give you a plate of food! It can vary from all different kinds of food depending on the bar. He said from small burgers, to sandwiches, wings, bread with meat, potatoes, and a lot more!

So I left for the bar he recommend, he said it's a local bar and pretty cheap. I ordered a Sangria (Spanish alcoholic drink) and I assumed it would be average sized being as how it comes with food! NO this drink was no joke the size of my face!! It was massive!! You could put a red solo cup inside this cup and still have plenty of room! I took photos and I hope they do it justice.

The tapa that came with the drink was garlic potatoes and bread with bacon & cheese on top... Oh my gooooodddd amazing!! A drink the size ofy head and a plate of food for only €6, which is only $8 Canadian! The drink itself in Canada would cost probably more than $15, and a plate of food coming along with it? No way.

After supper I went to a few other monuments in central then headed back to the hostel to get a good sleep for a long day in Madrid tomorrow.