Day 7: My first day in Spain was pretty hard to top. After seeing Arsenal in England I had to see them again so I saw them play again in Barcelona. It took a while to travel to Barcelona, but the trip was well worth it to see Barcelona versus Arsenal in the Champions League quarter finals. It was completely different atmosphere than England, I was kind of scared when I started cheering for Arsenal because they were the away team. These people were ten times as crazy as the Englishmen. The game was electrifying, it went back and forth and once again ending in an Arsenal victory 2-1. This was another great game and once again not suitable for kids but the best experience for soccer fans. If you are a soccer fan this is a must see no doubt about it! Now I have a long trip back to the hotel so I will talk to you again tomorrow.
Day 8: After a long day of driving to Barcelona I thought I would take another drive, this time I wasn't driving though. I decided to take an open top bus tour of the city of Madrid. This was truly remarkable, all the sites of Madrid were so architecturely beautiful and just in general beautiful, it wasn't made to be romantic but it was. The sites made me wanna stay there forever, it made me fall in love with Madrid, both the language and sites are so romantic. This was the best day ,other than soccer, because I got to see the most and do the most within this 24 hour span. This attraction is a must do for families, it is a great time to bond and appreciate the sites of Madrid.
Day 9: After seeing the city of Madrid I wanted to see more of Spain. So despite my fear of heights I took a hot air balloon ride over Madrid and neighboring cities. After seeing how pretty Madrid was from street level it was even more beautiful from above. It was so cool to see what the cities looked like from above, it was so scary though, this was probably the scariest experience of my vacation. The guide I had up there was really cool Sergio was one of the coolest guys I met while in Spain, and he is the best tour guide I have had to this day. After landing Sergio and I went to dinner at the Plaza Mayor and that was so cool to see at night when it's all lit up. The food of the Plaza Mayor was amazing, then again all Spanish foods are amazing. This was just an incredible day with my new friend Sergio who will also be going on a tour of Bernabeu Stadium with me. That's it for today so see you all tomorrow.
Day 10: After my very very long night's sleep I decided to go check out the history of Madrid at the Prado Museum. This made me fall in love with the city of Madrid even more, their rich history added to the beautiful sites. After seeing the rich history and all the walking around the museum made me hungry, so I went to the Sobrino de Botin, and this food was amazing once again. It looked like a bad restaurant to eat at but it ended in pure delight. Like all other spicy spanish foods it made me go to the bathroom, ALOT. So i hurried back to my hotel where I spent the rest of the night watching TV and keeping a close eye on the toilet.
Day 11: Then the day came where I met up with Sergio once again. This time instead of him giving me a tour he took one with me. This was a tour of Bernabeu Satdium, the home of Real Madrid, it was an amazing stadium with a huge support group of the club. The stadium was much different from the inside than from the out. We got to see all the locker rooms and go on the pitch. It was really cool because Sergio got to see the locker of his favorite player, Cristiano Ronaldo. It felt like a dream to actually be in a professional stadium in Europe, even though we werent playing it felt like we were part of the team. This tour lasted the whole day because our tour guide Ramon let us even play on the pitch, the perfect grass made us feel so special. After the long day of playing soccer with Sergio it was time to say goodbye. We said our goodbyes and I packed my bags for the Netherlands because my plane left early the next morning.
Day 12: This was the hardest day for me because I had to say bye to the beautiful city of Madrid and the beautiful country of Spain. Once again I had to go through customs and even though it had been about a week the customs lady remembered me and it was alot easier to get through this time. I only had good things to look forward to on my plane because I was heading to the crazy country of Holland. So that's what I thought about the whole plane ride, until we finally landed. This customs took the longest and was the most annoying because they ised a language that I have never heard or spoken before. It took me 4 hours to get through customs and eventually I got through and was able to pick up my crappy Ford Focus from the car rental place. So after the long encounter with customs I could only imagine what it was gonna be like at my hotel, and my imagination was right. It took me 30 minutes to communicate to the lady my name and that I already paid for my room. After finally communicating that I did I got my room and went straight to sleep after the long stressful day!
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