Culture and Fiesta

So on Saturday morning - the 28th of June- we got the metro bright and early and finally got to see Plaza Mayor which coincidentally was our meeting point for our Cultural walking Latina tour ! This day definitely started off at a high after getting a wee sneak peek of a Spanish gymnastic team warming up at Plaza Mayor... 

   

 Anyway.. The walking tour featured many beautiful sights of old town Madrid as well a getting a glance of the newly crowned King Felipe VI and Queen's Letizia Royal Palace - which was quite big and extravagant as you could imagine. 

Before we set off on our tour. 

 The King and Queen's Pad. 

                             

We finished off the tour by trying some churros in San Gines - which is said to be the best place to go for Churros in Madrid, we can all definitely agree with this. 

We felt like we needed some chill time after our busy week - also we secretly just wanted some tanning time! So we headed off to the nearest public pool in Lago - only a few metro stops away. 

After some well deserved rest - and sunbathing- we ventured home to get ready to experience some of Madrid's amazing nightlife. We didn't have to worry about rushing however since apparently these crazy Spaniards don't go out till around 3am - well past our usual bedtime. However we coped well and headed out around 2am to meet some of our new classmates and hit the famous Kapital ! 

Kapital is the biggest nightclub in Madrid with 7 floors and a 6am closing time. We also choose the right night to go since is was Kapital's 19th Birthday which was promoted with dramatic music and explosions of balloons and  glitter - definitely made paying that 22 euro entry fee worth it.... 

We may have not been able to compete with the crazy Spaniard's and stay out till 6am, but we managed till 5 and rounded off the night with a McDonald's. - very classy.  

Since our Saturday night/morning was spent partying, our Sunday was spent sunbathing and snoozing at our new favourite pool. This pool attracts some interesting characters and even more interesting swimwear - or lack of, however it has jugs of sangria for 4 euros, so it does the job for us ! 

Hasta Luego, 

Nikki, Gillian, Danielle and Kumba 

xxx