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Last day in Madrid

Today again we woke up late. We checked out and went towards Retiro Park. Mike wasn’t as keen to check out the park, but I thought it was a must-do – and besides, what else are you going to do on a Sunday morning? On the way there we stopped off in church that Mike wanted to see – Mass was going on, and we stayed to listen for a little bit. After just a bit, we walked through the park, where we found lots of street performers and families out. It was really nice, and Mike admitted later that it was his favorite part of Madrid. Afterwards we got quick tapas outside the park, then walked back to hotel, grabbed our bags, and took the metro to the airport. One very turbulent and scary ride later – we had a couple of drops that made half the plane scream – we landed at Orly. Since it’s NBA playoff season and Mike’s a huge Spurs fan, we went searching for the Spurs game on this afternoon, straight from the airport, without wasting time to drop the stuff off at the apartment across town. We couldn’t find an American bar, so we tried Canadian ones. After trying one that was closed, we ended up at the Moose in the 6th. Very cool people in there; all the waitstaff are native English speakers (seem to be UK or Canada.) They were nice and tried to find the game for Mike, so we stayed for several rounds – plus their chicken wings were satiating my craving for spicy food, which is pretty hard to take care of anywhere in this city (even at Indian food.) After that we went back towards the apartment, lugging all our stuff, and just crashed when we got there. Very long day!

posted by Darcy @ 10:38 PM