Ibiza is a great little beach town with an insane night life and really hot days (and nights). Madrid was a cool historic capital and a really huge city with more museums and art than anyone could see. However, neither of these two contrasting cities really live up to Barcelona. I met up with Chris in Barc and we proceeded to explore the city for 2 days & nights. What makes it so appealing is the huge variety the city offers. Being on the meditteranean, you have the great beach culture: awesome cafes/bars on the water, water sports, nice weather, all that. But it is also a pretty developed city like Madrid, offering just as much culture and big city life, there is even an old castle like Lisbon. The Gaudi buildings throughout the city are really incredible architectural pieces. The night life is live with locals and tourists, though it was a bit heavy on the tourist side. Chris and I met a good amount of people in the hostel, had some good/funny/disturbing/smelly moments , but all for the best. Met a guy, Mike from San Diego, who was pretty cool, and we gallivanted around the town with him and a pub crawl our last night there. Which was fun, buuut maybe too fun as I had a real hard time gettin up and going to catch the Ibiza flight.
Gaudi's Segrada Familia 1882~ Currently being built!
Ibiza is how you would imagine, think Acapulco mets Vegas. Very attractive people and lots of money around, beachy weather, crazy clubs and bard and a slew of young people. Apparently this is the Brit/Welch vacation spot of choice so we heard more English here than Spanish...cool with me. One night here isn't really enough, but I think we did it justice. The sunsets are also amazing!
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I guess I left Madrid for last since I really was not too impressed with it. Maybe I just dont like art/museums enough.. The city is very big and feels spread out. The city center area has a feeling like some old school baazar. Dunno how to explain it, but it's probably how you picture European cities; old looking, kinda quaint, open air cafes, etc. I DID get to see a bull fight, which I will post more on later. These bull fights are intense! A bit more graphic than I imagined, also pretty unfair with 4~6 matador dudes against one, likely doped up, bull. It was a good cultural experience tho. What else about Madrid.. The hostel was cool, met alot of interesting people from many different countries. Felt a bit old when talkin to some 20year olds; but i guess thats unavoidable.
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Lastly, Toledo.. an old, very old settlement about 60km from Madrid. This place is the "American tourists' dream" since it looks exactly like we picture old medival towns. The big bricks, the huge churches, the real small streets, its all there! Apparenly its also a bit modern as I was able to connect to wifi while in a small alley by the church..I guess priests have email too.
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Long post, but its time to head out to the Ibiza sun! Hope all is good where you are.. but it probably aint this good :p
Holla! or is it Hola?
shout-outs to chris and mike from san diego! any elaboration on the good, the funny, the disturbing, and the smelly? ( moments, that is )
ReplyDelete> Felt a bit old when talkin to some 20year olds;
> but i guess thats unavoidable.
HAHA! welcome to my world! quick word of advice however: luckily for you, girls significantly younger are significantly easier to smash than girls your age.