Madrid sejuk wooo. Sesampainya kitorang di Madrid airport, terus je jalan ke 'Cinta 13'. Ha jangan korang tak tahu, 'Cinta' ni adalah spanish vocabulary for belt tempat passing barang passengers kat airport. Excited kot mula-mula tengok sign board dia. Cinta 1, Cinta 2 and so on. Banyak nya orang kat sini ber'cinta' kan...
After being assisted by the tour guide at the tourist information booth, we boarded a yellow Aerobus, bayar 5 euro sampai Plaza de Cibeles. There was nothing to indicate if we had arrived to respective destination or not, so we just followed the crowd. Entah dekat roundabout mana la the bus driver left us. Map McDonald ada kat tangan, redah je la kan... Tadi, tourist officer tu cakap jalan straight je kat Calle de Alcala', jangan belok-belok dah.
So, we walked straight until we reached Puerta del Sol. Suasana meriah semacam kot kat situ. Ada banyak karakter kartun such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Dora The Explorer, Simpson, Smurf and Smurfette, Pooh and etc. Tapi, for sure la, if you wanna take picture with them, you have to pay an amount which I don't know how much la kan... We continued walking sampai rasa sesat.
Selepas membersihkan diri, solat semua, we went out to cover attractions at one end. Mula-mula jumpa beruang cium pokok. Apparently, mengikut kata kawan aku, Yassin nama nya, beruang tu addicted to buah pokok tu, so dia selalu la cium pokok tu. And here is what I got from the web
Dah selesai taking photos dekat bearbear tu, we walked back to the point kitorang turun bas tadi, i.e Plaza de Cibeles. The Cibeles itself ada history nya sendiri. Mengikut pembacaan di internet
Kitorang teruskan lagi perjalanan to Arc de Triomphe dalam bahasa perancis, in spanish, aku tak tahu. Apparently, on the map, ada empat similar arches, all act as a signage towards the central point. They mark the radius of the city centre. Dah puas posing-posing comel depan arch tu, we crossed road and got into Parque del Retiro. Tak payah pening-pening nak translate, senang cerita ni macam a royal park. Lebih kurang Hyde Park kat London la. We bumped into Yassin, Ammar and Leicester peeps kat satu fountain ni. They invited us to walk together, so sempat la took group photos. Beria-ia la amek gambar kat depan tasik buatan manusia, lompat-lompat bagai.
Prado Museum was the next place we visited. Ohhh jangan ingat we really went inside to the exhibition. Memang bukan aku la kalau nak masuk muzium sampai kena bayar 30 euro kan... We stopped for a break sambil makan a kind of dessert yang diorang beli. Close to Prado Museum ada Neptuno fountain. Neptuno plak adalah orang laut, yang again, history boleh di google di sini
They brought us ke tempat beli souvenirs murah tapi tak la cantik mana. Nak yang lawa, kena pandai cari la. If not, memang kena beli kat kedai standard yang slightly mahal than this la. I managed to grab a bunch of fridge magnets yang total cost dia within my budget yang sememangnya sudah menciput (almaklum lah dah last days kan...). We separated after this point sebab my girlfriends rasa tak selesa as in segan as we did not really know each other.
Along the way balik hostel, sempat la menyinggah kedai-kedai souvenirs. Ada yang murah and aku jadi rambang mata. Akhirnya aku beli satu cawan Real Madrid FC yang lawa dan unik. Weeeee. I know this hobby would require an extra budget. Tapi, datang Spain bukan selalu kan? Tutup mata, ambil dan bayar je lah.
Sebab dah plan dari awal nak masuk pasar depan hostel, kitorang pon masuk la pasar san miguel tu. Sebab besarnya adalah tertarik dengan warna buah yang radiant dari dinding kaca pasar. Pasar ni memang berkaca semata-mata, tak de pon dinding batu. Sebelah kedai tu, ada kedai seafood tapas yang mahal lagi menarik. Obviously we did not buy anything from the market as the prices were quite expensive which did not suit our pocket.
We finally grabbed some food from Carrefour. Dah beli macam2 bekalan makanan, sampai bilik, kira duit and duitku dah habis. Huwaaaaaaaaaa. So kena berjimat cermat untuk Toledo tomorrow. Mata dah penat, x nak baca buku, so..
Xoxo
N
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| City Hall and the blue bus |
After being assisted by the tour guide at the tourist information booth, we boarded a yellow Aerobus, bayar 5 euro sampai Plaza de Cibeles. There was nothing to indicate if we had arrived to respective destination or not, so we just followed the crowd. Entah dekat roundabout mana la the bus driver left us. Map McDonald ada kat tangan, redah je la kan... Tadi, tourist officer tu cakap jalan straight je kat Calle de Alcala', jangan belok-belok dah.
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| The cartoon characters and tugu siapa ntah kat belakang tu... @ Puerta del Sol |
So, we walked straight until we reached Puerta del Sol. Suasana meriah semacam kot kat situ. Ada banyak karakter kartun such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Dora The Explorer, Simpson, Smurf and Smurfette, Pooh and etc. Tapi, for sure la, if you wanna take picture with them, you have to pay an amount which I don't know how much la kan... We continued walking sampai rasa sesat.
"Ehhh, kat mana kita ni? Asal macam jauh sangat ni?"We went into Plaza Mayor and asked help at the tourist information centre. Plaza Mayor pon happening jugak. Tapi sebab tengah tarik luggage kan, excitement ntok ber'photo shoot' tergendala kejap. Kena fokus cari hostel kat Plaza de San Miguel.
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| Menggedik depan Metropoles |
Selepas membersihkan diri, solat semua, we went out to cover attractions at one end. Mula-mula jumpa beruang cium pokok. Apparently, mengikut kata kawan aku, Yassin nama nya, beruang tu addicted to buah pokok tu, so dia selalu la cium pokok tu. And here is what I got from the web
The Puerta del Sol is also the location of the most famous symbol of Madrid: a 20 ton statue of a bear eating fruits from a tree. The official name of the statue is 'El Oso y El Madroño'. The Madroño is a tree related to the strawberry tree. The female bear symbolizes the fertile soil of Madrid and the tree symbolizes the aristocracy.
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| Bear-bear la Madrid |
The Cibeles fountain, the symbol of Madrid, stands in the middle of the square. It depicts the goddess in a chariot pulled by two lions. Goddess of nature and protector of the town, this sculpture was designed by Ventura Rodríguez in 1777. An interesting fact is that the Real Madrid football fans gather around this monument to celebrate their club's major victories.Disekeliling fountain tu ada City Hall, Palacio de Linares a.k.a rumah orang kaya mana ntah (he's a banker by the way) and Bank of Espana a.k.a Bank Negara kat Spain ni la. Dekat City Hall tu, amek gambar macam tak ingat dunia. Banyak gila. At this point, macam tak kesah pon the fountain tu sebab this building memang lawa, well-architectural and nampak macam cathedral.
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| Puerta de Alcala |
Kitorang teruskan lagi perjalanan to Arc de Triomphe dalam bahasa perancis, in spanish, aku tak tahu. Apparently, on the map, ada empat similar arches, all act as a signage towards the central point. They mark the radius of the city centre. Dah puas posing-posing comel depan arch tu, we crossed road and got into Parque del Retiro. Tak payah pening-pening nak translate, senang cerita ni macam a royal park. Lebih kurang Hyde Park kat London la. We bumped into Yassin, Ammar and Leicester peeps kat satu fountain ni. They invited us to walk together, so sempat la took group photos. Beria-ia la amek gambar kat depan tasik buatan manusia, lompat-lompat bagai.
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| Alfonso ke berapa punya monument in Parque de Retiro |
Prado Museum was the next place we visited. Ohhh jangan ingat we really went inside to the exhibition. Memang bukan aku la kalau nak masuk muzium sampai kena bayar 30 euro kan... We stopped for a break sambil makan a kind of dessert yang diorang beli. Close to Prado Museum ada Neptuno fountain. Neptuno plak adalah orang laut, yang again, history boleh di google di sini
They brought us ke tempat beli souvenirs murah tapi tak la cantik mana. Nak yang lawa, kena pandai cari la. If not, memang kena beli kat kedai standard yang slightly mahal than this la. I managed to grab a bunch of fridge magnets yang total cost dia within my budget yang sememangnya sudah menciput (almaklum lah dah last days kan...). We separated after this point sebab my girlfriends rasa tak selesa as in segan as we did not really know each other.
Along the way balik hostel, sempat la menyinggah kedai-kedai souvenirs. Ada yang murah and aku jadi rambang mata. Akhirnya aku beli satu cawan Real Madrid FC yang lawa dan unik. Weeeee. I know this hobby would require an extra budget. Tapi, datang Spain bukan selalu kan? Tutup mata, ambil dan bayar je lah.
Sebab dah plan dari awal nak masuk pasar depan hostel, kitorang pon masuk la pasar san miguel tu. Sebab besarnya adalah tertarik dengan warna buah yang radiant dari dinding kaca pasar. Pasar ni memang berkaca semata-mata, tak de pon dinding batu. Sebelah kedai tu, ada kedai seafood tapas yang mahal lagi menarik. Obviously we did not buy anything from the market as the prices were quite expensive which did not suit our pocket.
We finally grabbed some food from Carrefour. Dah beli macam2 bekalan makanan, sampai bilik, kira duit and duitku dah habis. Huwaaaaaaaaaa. So kena berjimat cermat untuk Toledo tomorrow. Mata dah penat, x nak baca buku, so..
Xoxo
N
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