I arrived in the afternoon yesterday and spent most of the day in the hostel. At night I hung out with a guy I met in Barcelona who's teaching English here. We went to a few bars etc, but there wasn't much open so we just ended up walking around for a while.
I woke up quite late today, having come home late that morning. Slept until about midday. Once ready, I decided what I would go visit that day, and looked at the map and marked where I would go and in what order. I had some breakfast at Starbucks near Plaza de Espana.
Right near there was the Royal Palace. I actually think it's one of my favourites of all the ones I've been to so far. It wasn't nearly as crowded as the other places, the rooms didn't feel cluttered and overworked, everything seemed to be in perfect harmony and balance. It was also full of bright colours and beautiful mirrors and the fresco ceilings in every single room blew my mind. I wasn't allowed to take photos inside... but I snuck a few!
From the Royal Palace I walked over to the Catedral de la Almudena. It was very clean and almost... modern looking. Inside and out. I prefered the outside, found the inside to be a bit bare. A little boring compared to a lot of the churches I've been to so far. Though, I quite enjoyed the super colourful ceilings.
From there, I walked through to Plaza Mayor. Not entirely sure what's so great about it, but I saw it and took a few pictures of it and of the road on the way. It was pretty and had lots of restaurants, but nothing overly special I thought.
Walked to the city centre, Sol, and took a metro train to Plaza de Cibeles. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art was in the same vicinity so I decided to pay it a visit. It was around 4pm, and I still had a bit of energy. Not quite so much afterwards, but it was definitely worth it.
I wasn't allowed to take photos and they were super strict here, with guards everywhere, so I couldn't get away with it. But I found a new artist I was a big fan of, Thomas Cole. There was one painting there that was beautiful.
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