If I were to rank all the Christmases that I have had, this would easily be in the top 3 if not #1. We didn't do anything too special in the morning since we had to get on a train to go back to Madrid. Another two and a half hours later, we arrived and took a taxi to our hotel. I don't remember too much about the hotel except that the floor in the bar area had glass and you could see the basement which was decorated in a very unique way (see below) and we stayed in a bright pink room.
We went out to walk the streets and the two main busy areas, Plaza Mayor and Puerta Del Sol (Puerta Del Sol is much better). Be warned, these are high traffic areas. We ate at a McDonald's there (classy right?). We walked around a little more, waiting for the big Christmas tree to light up, which it eventually did and we awkwardly asked a Chinese tourist to take our photo.
We went back to the hotel and decided to indulge ourselves at the bar. I saw that they had fresh sangria which I didn't know until after that day that sangria actually originated from Spain (that explains the pronunciation). Susan and I had both ordered sangria. She took a one-and-done sip and then proceeded to order champagne, oranges and molten chocolate cake. So guess who got to drink two glasses of sangria? Needless to say, I was a little buzzed and giggly that night.
Double the pleasure, Double the fun
I want all oranges to be prepared for consumption in this manner from now on.
Cue mouth-watering...
We went back to our room and listed to some Pete Holmes comedy bits. If you don't know who he is, you are missing out on a good laugh. He's even got his own talk show on TBS. It was a great end to a great day. I loved being able to share this day with my best friend. Bon Nadal Barcelona. Feliz Navidad Madrid.
(Susan asked me to take a photo of her doing this, so I thought it was only appropriate for me to share it with the world wide web. You're Welcome Susan.)
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