Loretta_Diary_Entry_3

Today we finally visited Spains capital city, Madrid. It is located in the centre of the Iberian peninsular. It is a beautiful city, which has the features of an old town which blend with the modern urban infrastructure. The society of Madrid is walm and welcoming, which has turned the city into one of the western worlds great capitals. Of all the places that we have visited so far, the people of Madrid have been the most welcoming and friendly.They were genuinely happy to see us and help us out. Again, as we found it difficult to communicate, they were more than happy to make an effort to help us, including giving us directions to local attractions. Whilt in Madrid, we were able to visit an art exhibition. We heard about many concerts, ballets, theatre productions and movie releases that we were able to see, as spain offers a wide variety of these all year round. We were able to sample a wide variety of spanish and international cuisine in the many restaurants that we visited. We also visited a number of the enchanting bars and taverns that are all around the city. There was fabulour shopping in Madrid! with the most traditional establishments and world-famour outlets stocking the finest international brands. The Madrid nightlife is another major attraction, which we could not pass on. All the pubs, bars discos and flamenco clubs have such a tremendous atmosphere. The days are always extremely long in Madrid. Everyone is up and active early in the morning, and dinner is rarely served before 10pm. This was something that we had to get used to! Because it is the capital city of Spain, the local residents were used to tourists, and were able to communicate with us fairly well. http://www.spain.info/TourSpain/Destinos/TipoI/Datos+Generales/N/MH/0/Datos+Generales.htm?language=en