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Champion’s League Final: Real Madrid vs. Atlético de Madrid
As we’ve more than learned by now, Spain (and Europe) really cares about fútbol. It was completely awesome then, that our last night in Spain was the final match of the European Champions League between the best clubs in the continent. … Continue reading
Last minute touristy things
Because we’ve all finally finished exams and are preparing to have even more people slowly trickle out of Madrid, we’ve been trying to fit in some last minute touristy things that we either missed throughout the semester or are a … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella, almudena cathedral, alonso martínez, art, ateneo de madrid, ayuntamiento, cable car, casa de campo, cathedral, cibeles, city hall, el rastro, flea market, golden triangle of art, la latina, lago, lago de casa de campo, lake, live music, madrid day, malasaña, market, microteatro por madrid, museum, music, open air, ópera, palacio de cibeles, plaza de cibeles, plaza de oriente, prado, rastro, reina sofía, royal opera house, royal theater, san isidro, sol, teatro real, teleférico, thyssen, thyssen-bornemisza, tierra, tierra burrito
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Weekend trip to Amsterdam
On Friday morning I woke up at 4:00am to take my first trip out of Spain since I arrived a month and a half ago. Madrid’s metro rail doesn’t run at that hour, but luckily there’s a 24 hour shuttle service … Continue reading
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Tagged amsterdam, amsterdam centraal, anne frank, anne frank's house, art, bloemenmarkt, botanical garden, canabis, canal, canal tour, canals, centraal, central station, cheese, coffeeshops, dam square, de wallen, drug policy, drugs, flower market, flowers, food, french fries, gedoogbeleid, gouda, heineken, heineken experience, hermitage, holocaust, homomonument, hop on hop off, hortus, hostel, houseboats, i amsterdam, ij, marijuana, market, metro, museum, museumplein, museums, nazi, nazis, nemo, nemo science center, netherlands, nl, party, plaza de cibeles, prostitutes, prostitution, red light, red light district, rijksmuseum, schiphol, secret annex, shuttle service, skinny bridge, smoking, st. christopher's in, stedelijk, stopera, stroopwafel, stroopwafels, trip, van gogh, van gogh museum, vip, wallen, weekend trip, winston, world war II
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Madrid’s Prado Museum
The Museo del Prado is Spain’s largest art museum. It’s located right in the middle of Madrid, about a 10 minute walk to the east of Puerta del Sol and right off of Plaza de Cibeles, the night bus hub that’s also … Continue reading
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Tagged arqueological museum, art, art changes, bank of spain, christ washing the disciple's feet, class, dalí, disrobing of christ, el greco, elites, elitism, european art, goya, greco, hierarchy, kings, las meninas, monarchs, museo arueológico, museo del prado, museum, paco, patricia, picasso, plaza de cibeles, portraits, prado, puerta del sol, queens, reina sofía, retiro, royalty, royalty of spain, sol, spain seminar, spanish monarchs, thyssen-bornemisza, tintoretto, titian, velázquez
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