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| Favorite architecture |
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| plaza at 10:30 pm |
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Yeah, it's been awhile... What can I say, my trip to Madrid inspired me to write again. Four days of seeing as much as possible of the city and a few nearby towns gave me plenty to think about and so much that I want to remember. There is so much to love about Spain... Our visit to Andaluza in March was fantastic and I figured that the laid-back feeling of the area was partly due to its reputation as a vacation spot-- or the other way around? But Madrid is a huge city, with lots of residents and tourists, and yet it is still as laid-back as the south! I don't know if there's one specific thing that makes the city so great, it's the combination of the people, culture, architecture, and how easy it is to get around. I can easily relate to the Spanish lifestyle, you know how some people feel like they've been born into the wrong gender? I feel like I was born into the wrong nationality. I don't understand 'morning people,' it's a concept so difficult for me actually that I've been struggling with it ever since I can remember and more recently have had issues at almost every single job I've had, and those who can go right to sleep at 9 or 10 each night, just the idea of it gives me anxiety. It's because I should have been a Spaniard! The streets and plazas are actually busier later at night, it seems like the place is just getting going at 10:30-11:00 when most other places would be shutdown. And the language is so lovely. To think how different my life could have been if I'd been born in Spain...
