Tonight is our last night in Madrid, it's bitter sweet because I can't say I'll miss thousands of people running into me on a daily basis, or the whiff of urine you get in the streets, but I don't think I'll ever be able to forget the gorgeous architecture in the city, my adorable madre and her flat, and all of the times we've had at the clubs - especially Moondance Mondays.
Last Sunday we went to a veteran's game of Real Madrid at their home stadium against a team from Munich, Germany. The stadium held about 107,000 people from what we heard and I think at least 100,000 people were there, and this wasn't even a real game. All the old players came back to play, including Zidane - but unfortunately he didn't headbutt anyone this game... what a letdown.
Today I visited the Puerta de Europa towers. For those of you who are actually normal and not architecture nerds - they lean at a 15 degree angle, and house their heaviest component, the HVAC system on the top of the building. In normal people terms: this thing should seriously fall down. The two towers lean towards each other and if you stand under one and look across, you can see the reflection on the face of the opposite tower. Unfortunately, it is a private office tower - so you can't go in. I studied it for a class last semester, and couldn't even find plans for it because it is "super-secret". But, when in spain.... live it up. I wanted to see the inside, so I walked in. I got about 5 pictures and was almost all the way through the first floor when a security guard came up to me laughing and told me I couldn't be in here or take pictures. I explained that I was studying architecture, hopefully somehow that would give me an in and I could run around the whole building... but that was a no-go. But, at least I got a few pictures!
Tonight we're visiting the lovely walls of ham legs of Museo del Jamon (translation: Museum of Ham.. hahaha) again before going out to celebrate our last night in Madrid. Then we're on to Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada and then finally the beautiful beaches of Alicante. I can't wait for tanning time!
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