More Madrid

So yes. I'm back!. The interview went very well. Have posted some pics of it. So they tell me it should be up in a week or so. They will post a video online also . So will post that once I get it. So Nadia interviewed me about how I met Pierre and the like. After that we went to a Traditional Spanish Bar . So basically they asked me what I thought about it and the like.

At the bar there a bull fight was happening on the TV. I was really keen on going to a bull fight as that was something I strongly associated with Spain. Well this was the first time I was seeing one. And believe me it was rather gory . They just keep stabbing the bull multiple times till it bleeds to death!!. So I though maybe not about going to the Bull fight. The pic below is the crew who interviewed me.

Thats me and Nadia.

So once the interview got done Pierre said we were going for his friends birthday party. Laura(the birthday girl wearing green, and I hope I got the name right) was really nice and welcoming. So we basically started out at this small bar with a few friends. That went on till about 12. We then moved on to the next bar.

So this next bar was like a dancing place. They had a Dj and quite a large crowd. This pic is a really interesting one of Andres(Pierres roommate and a super guy) who was demonstrating the two Vices in an interesting photo.

So everyone was having fun. The atmosphere was such a party one. We were at the bar till 3 30 when they have to close. So they make ppl leave by turning on the lights and turning off the music!!.. The pic was taken once the lights came on. Till then it was really really dark.

So then we went to the streets at about 3 45. Was it alive or what . They were soooo many ppl on the street who had just left the Bars. Madrid never sleeps I guess. This pic was taken at about 4 Am!.

So anyway we went back home and crashed!!!. So woke up reasonable late. So Pierre was telling me about this breakfast thing I had to try. We had this hot chocolate. which believe me had to be eaten with a spoon. It was so so thick .App its a Madrid Speciality. We had that with some friend donut like thing called Churrious. Was yum..

So once we got done with breakfast we headed out to the sunday Flea market. Was quite busy. Lots and lots of random stuff available.

We met up with Andres sis at the flea market. And then yes. no prizes for guessing. We went to a bar to meet up with some of Pierres other friends. Pierre is the man!!. He knows half of Madrid I guess!.So Andres sister Anna lived in Lisbon for a year or so. So she basically gave me a detailed plan on what to do in Lisbon with maps and directions and the like. So nice of her!!So follow the blog to see how that goes!!.

We then headed out to the main city square. Plaza de Mayor. We had a really really traditional squid sandwich.The really nice thing about the square was ppl were just sitting randomly all over the place relaxing. So yes thats us eating!!. And I had a second squid sandwich . It was really good I should say!.

After that the others left. Believe it or not they were having this festival called BollyMadrid. With indian cultural stuff and the like. So we went to this area where most of the indians in Madrid are. Believe it or not a Bharathanatyam performance was goign on .Lots of ppl were there seeing it also. Lots of indian stalls selling stuff like samosa, chat and the like!!..

We were there for a short while. We then walked to the Museo Del Prado which is probably one of the most significant art museums in the world. On the way we saw this really interesting building which was another art gallery .It had a vertical garden and a semi detached construction . Really interesting.

So the Museo del Prado was just next to the Park we went to yesterday(The Retiro).Some pics near the museum. As I mentioned earlier. I really love the green spaces in Madrid.

The museum had a lot of Masterpieces by really Big names like Rembrandt, Ruebens, Goya, El Greco and so on. As most of you must know I have no hope at art . But hey it was worth visiting. Quite nice I should say .Very large museum .When we were leaving we met some of Pierre's Friends. The pic is taken with the museum in the background.

So yes .After that we got back home. Today I need to sleep well. Have a train early tom to Cordoba. Chao....