With some delay due to the bad weather I landed Thursday evening in Madrid and found my way to the city centre. The flight itself had been quite "interesting" as we experienced very heavy turbulence, which was surprisingly enough really appreciated by the Spanish passengers sitting close to me. With each bump they cheered as if they were sitting in a railway, so this actually made even me feel comfortable when dropping some meters every few seconds. :P I love flying but I prefer the more steady kind of flights.
My main reason for going had of course been to see Enrique back and miraculously I succeeded in meeting him at the correct metro station. :P Finding my way is not my strongest point, at least not from the first try. This time however everything went smoothly and after some more metro rides we arrived at his flat.
Next day we left for Burgos, a reasonably small city about 250 km north of Madrid. Enrique had always been very proud of it and I have to admit that he had reason to be! To some extent it's a very typical Spanish city, referring to the type of houses and way of organization, but on other points I thought it to be unique. There is a lot of green to be found everywhere and the streets are also quite clean (not during the night however :P ). The river that runs through Burgos has been kept very natural, which I found beautiful. To me nature is vital to the beauty of a place and there were places where you would thought to have been somewhere on the countryside, rather than in the middle of a city. I especially loved the trees next to the riverside and with the cathedral on the background it made the picture complete.
The cathedral of Burgos has to be done justice I think. It is the second largest in Spain and truly amazing in my opinion. I am not a huge fan of churches, but this one was great. Especially because of it's (to me) different shape and also the inside wasn't too preposterous. Recently they cleaned the outside of the building so these days it has again it's original light colour. From the top of the hill it looks like this:
Apart from being a tourist, we also went out with Enriques friends, relaxed by taking siestas, talked loads and ATE! Spanish food belongs to the most yummie to be found if you ask me, especially the meat. Every day we went "tapear", which should mean something as going to eat tapas. All different kinds, varying from muscles, to salmon, lamb, ham, tortilla and morcilla (kind of blood sausage). Everything just as tasty so I think I must have gained some kilo's and will keep on gaining as I bought quite a few kilo's of meat myself to bring home. :P
The last day I spent on myself in Madrid as Enrique had to go to work again. The poor guy had to wake up at seven, waking me up as well of course to say goodbye. Five days were maybe a bit short, but for me it was great trip and wonderful to spend some more time with my Kike majo. :) Next time we might meet again in Finland, that should at least be the destination of my next trip. :)
But first earn money!! On Monday it will all begin, so now I will enjoy my final days of unemployment. :P
2 comments:
I hope that your next trip wil be to Finland!!! and I hope also that you will meet with me apart of enrique XD
Im glad you have had a great time in Spain all the times you have been there!
Of course I will meet with you! :P It's possible Enrique will also go to Turku, but that would be for the same reason as mine, which is to meet with the people there. Now all I have to do is convince my employer to let me have some holidays so soon after having started working :P
Anyway, go and buy some skates and practise for when I am there. And see to it that there is LOTS of snow! :D
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