Waiting for the train to Madrid.
Sunday 27th April
We left the campsite early and walked the 35 minutes to the train station where we caught the 9.21 to Madrid (cost 8 euros each return). Madrid turned out to be a magnificent city, we were lucky it was the day of the Madrid marathon and lots of roads were closed to traffic. There was a carnival feel to the place. We took in as much as we could of the main architectural buildings but it was also the parks and gardens that we found to be the main attraction. Everywhere we went we were entertained by a variety of high quality street performers. We saw violinists, a young lady playing the harp but the we were drawn to a group of Opera singers accompanied by some excellent musicians we stood and listened for some time before heading to an Irish bar to see Liverpool go down to Chelsea 2 – 0.
Whilst we were in there we got chatting to two young lads who told us about their up and coming rock band ‘Of Moths and Stars’. We chatted for the duration of the match and then headed home to Aranjuez. Apart from the result a great day and fantastic weather to see Madrid for the first time.
| 
No comments:
Post a Comment