Madrid Finale
Continued from Madrid Again ~
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On Saturday we decided to save some energy and just take it easy with a Latte at Miau on Plaza de Santa Ana which is close to my favorite neighborhood Huertas with great little bars and restaurants! A woman asked me in Spanish for directions, but since I was totally ‘lost in translation’ I pointed her to Klaas 
Now I’m totally serious about learning Spanish! We also visited an internet cafe so I was able to send an email to my parents and let them know I was still OK. Got some groceries and headed back home.
That night we hooked up with a friend of Klaas. She wanted us to show a ‘cool place to hang out’ somewhere in Lavapies before going to a club. We took a stroll through Lavapiés, but the ‘place’ - run by junks - wasn’t really ‘cool’ at all 
People were sitting on the floor on rugs, there was cigarette smoke everywhere and I really started to feel uncomfortable, because I was so overdressed Klaas noticed how uncomfortable I felt and told his friend we wanted to get out of there. She told us she wanted to stay and didn’t want to club anymore. I felt kinda bummed because at Klaas’ place she was totally into going out and all.
Klaas and I decided to go to Palacio de Gaviria an awesome club 
:twinkle: If you’re in Madrid, be sure to check out this place! The building, music, people were great ~ There was also a very hot dancer with no shirt on *gulp* I had to laugh because Klaas kept on repeating how well toned his muscles were 
I actually wanted to capture his dancing on tape, but I also didn’t want to act all tourist like so *ugh* I enjoyed the house room the most, it was great - the dj even played a remix of a song I used to listen to loads so I was able to sing-a-long !!!
On Sunday we had a lovely day in the park El Retiro 
the weather was great! After relaxing in the park, eating some icecream, drinking a Latte - we headed towards the Real Jardin Botánico to enjoy the flowers and make interesting ‘currently reading a book’ photographs. I bought some presents for my loved ones back home and we enjoyed a final dinner at my favorite place La Colonial. Even though I only stayed for a short weekend, it felt like a whole week had gone by!
Because I didn’t feel like paying € 30,- for a cab that would bring me to Barajas, Airport - Klaas and I decided to take the subway. This also meant we had to wait for 4 hours since I had to take an early flight on Monday morning. Klaas was so sweet to stay with me during those long hours :saylove: I had a great time and I definitely want to visit Madrid for a longer period sometime in the future!
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Posted by Irene on April 22, 2007
WOW - you took some absolutely gorgeous photos. I am utterly jealous of your trip to Madrid. I can’t get over how neat the airport looks! ^^
/despair
Posted by emi on April 22, 2007
hey you’re like a star in madrid!!! i hope you had a lot of fun, and you definitely had a great weather. the pictures are so nice! xoxo
Posted by Lissi on April 23, 2007
Wow, you took some amazing photos. Madrid looks so beautiful!
Posted by Susan on April 23, 2007
those are gorgeous pictures, are you photographer?
that’s wonderful you got to travel to madrid! i hope i get to go there someday.
Posted by Kate on April 23, 2007
Wow those pictures are gorgeous. Especially the red flowers, you are a very good photographer!
Sounds like you were pretty busy too. x
Posted by Jen on April 24, 2007
Sorry I’ve missed out on the whole trip posting! Your photos are so amazing. I really wish I had been able to go to clubs when there :[. I’m so glad your trip went well & you had a great time with Klaas!!
Posted by Lydia on April 24, 2007
love the pictures! glad that you had wonderful weather!
madrid looks really amazing!