This is the second part of day 24! If you haven't read the 1st part please do so! :) Our hour bus ride to Madrid was pretty quick and we were dropped off downtown to explore more. I didn’t really research what there was to do in Madrid so I just went with whatever my friends were doing. We walked to the Parque del Retiro, which is an absolutely stunning park. Let me tell you! First, it was enormous. Second, the trees are changing color already so it was beautiful to just sit around. Third, we stumbled upon a little event focused on getting kids more active. They had gymnastics, soccer, and volleyball games with music playing in the background. Fourth, there’s a glass building that looks absolutely gorgeous with a pond and fountain behind it. This pond also had ducks, turtles and fish. I loved all the nature! I could write forever about this park! There was another huge pond that a lot of people were rowing boats on and there were street artists, performers and entertainers standing around. There was a musician that had what looked like an inverted grill lid on his lap called a hand pan, which apparently was a very expensive drum. Unexpectedly, he made beautiful music with it and I snagged a video to share! Hopefully I can figure out how to upload it. I bought a painting from a local artist which I thought was an original but when I looked at it later more closely it was a reprint of the original. Even though I only paid 10 euro I feel cheated but it’s still pretty. I mean did I really expect an original painting from a local artist for only 10 euro? Come on Patricia. We rode the metro a number of times today, which definitely reminded me of home. There was a great mix of drunken people, awesome train service around the city, entertainers, homeless people, and crowded trains! We rode the subway to a random Egyptian temple that was placed in a park for who knows what reason. The coolest part was we were able to go inside for free and look at all the hieroglyphics! There were also some amazing views of the city from the edge of the park. It must be really popular for wedding pictures because there were at least 3 brides and grooms taking photos there. Afterwards we hoped on the train again to go to an obscure microtheatre where 15 tickets go on sale 30 mins before the 15 min. show for 4 euro. It definitely was an experience. I thought you were close to actors in a black box theater; this room was the size of the bathroom and the show was great even though we were really cramped in there. Apparently, before it was a microtheatre it was a brothel…so there’s that random fact. We rode the metro back to our hotel and grabbed some much needed dinner. I was so exhausted from walking around that instead of going out with everyone else I decided to just relax and get some rest.
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