{"id":74,"date":"2023-05-21T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/madrid-spain-summer-2023\/?p=74"},"modified":"2023-05-21T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T20:52:24","slug":"may-19th-madrid-walking-tour-chocolate-con-churros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/madrid-spain-summer-2023\/2023\/05\/21\/may-19th-madrid-walking-tour-chocolate-con-churros\/","title":{"rendered":"May 19th: Madrid Walking Tour & Chocolate con Churros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday the 19th our 4th day in Madrid. It\u2019s true we just got here but it was easy to establish a routine and have everything planned here. The breakfast in the morning at our hotel is one of my favorite parts of the day, the avocado toast tastes so good here, also the almond cake is very delicious. After breakfast it\u2019s the time to start walking around the city. For this day we had a Madrid information walking tour. We walked for around 2 hours, and stopped at few sightseeing, such as first tall buildings in Madrid, the Egyptian temple, Catedral de la Almudena, and the Royal Palace. The Royal Palace is so huge, it is so impressive and mind blowing. Our tour guide provided us with so many insightful information about those sightseeing and the history of Madrid. And just like that our morning was done by walking around Madrid main streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Royal Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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During the tour with a view of Madrid city <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The afternoon is when we start looking for the best lunch spot, and as a hesitant person I really struggle with making this decision\ud83d\ude02. There are so many cafes and restaurants in Madrid, it\u2019s hard to pick one, thankfully our scavenger hunt map narrows down those options. Myself, Heather, Jomira and Rotana my classmates went to get lunch in Cava Baja. After walking up and down the street we finally decided to go to a tapas bar, Casa Lucas, and without exaggeration the food there was one of the best food I have ever had. We ordered two cold tapas (tuna with veggies and shrimp toast), one hot tapas( chicken toasts) and one tomato salad. Everything was so delicious, I have to mention the tomato salad with goat cheese was something from heaven. Tapas is a really nice thing in Spain, specially having it with friends eating delicious food, telling stories and laughing, such an amazing experience to have. As we are almost walking everywhere, we take our lunch break to sit down and relax. After tapas, we walked to Plaza De Mayor where we encountered the famous fat Spiderman, he is so funny we took those pictures with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fat Spiderman <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now comes my favorite part of the day, Chocolate con churros with the whole class and our professor. We went to one of the oldest chocolate with churros caf\u00e9s in Madrid \u201cSan Gines\u201d. I very much liked the churros that I ate 7 of them, 6 with chocolate and 1 without chocolate\u00a0\ud83d\ude02.\u00a0Every Churros tasted\u00a0better than the one before. The chocolate was so rich and delicious, it was a very worming dessert. After eating churros we had so much energy that many of us wanted to go check the Reina Sofia museum. We took the metro and 3 stops we were there. This museum has one of the most famous Picasso\u2019s art pieces \u201cGuernica\u201d, it is huge and very beautiful. Also there was some really nice art pieces of Dali. Here are pictures of Guernica and myself with one of Picasso\u2019s pieces. Leaving the museum we took the glass shield elevator, the view of Madrid city was so beautiful. After the museum it was time to eat, we had a nice dinner as a group and took the metro back to our hotel. Just like that one day in Madrid is done. It was an eventful day, we got to experience a lot of what this amazing city has to offer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chocolate with Churros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guernica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With one of Picasso\u2019s pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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