We arrived in Madrid with directions Corinne’s friends’ (Alex and Sebas) apartment and easily navigated the subway to the neighborhood. Once we arrived, we stored our things before heading out to a café for local snacks and coffee. Later in the afternoon, we set out for an early dinner at El Tigre, a popular tapas bar that gives you a free full plate of food with each drink (2euro beer with lemonade) you buy. It was both delicious and incredibly affordable. From there, we walked the streets of downtown Madrid, passing statues and squares and stopping in various bars along the way. Finally after a few hours, the four of us headed home for the night.
In the morning, both Alex and Sebas left early for work so we had the day to ourselves. We returned to downtown to stroll in the park and do some shopping with plans to have lunch again at El Tigre but were surprised and confused to find it closed (still no explanation). As an alternative, we found a local grocer and instead bought supplies to cook ourselves a meal back at Alex’ apartment before we had to catch our train. We ate our fill, packed our things, and headed out to catch the next train South.
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