Exploring Madrid

Entering Spain, the first place that we arrive is Madirid. It's a huge and crowded city, anywhere you go it's just squeezing with people, probably due to Christmas holiday as well. The Christmas deco in this place is extreme, never seen such lighting in any town.

Plaza del Sol and Plaza del Angel:

Another popular thing is European "cosplay", where people dress up random various TV/movie characters on the street. I've seen Mickey and Mini mouse, Alien, Spongebob, Patrick, Jack Sparrow... But if you're taking picture with them, you need to pay them tips.

Random cosplay from day to night:

Las Ventas is another place in Madrid where the bull ring is situated. There is no more bull fight now as it is listed as illegal. However, the museum is free to visit, they display bullfighters' costume and sword, also some bull fight footage (they really stab on the bull's spine =.=).

Las Ventas bull ring:

Another interesting place is the big garden in Madrid. The view there is kinda nice although its near winter, and there's a big lake for boat pedaling. The garden is too big for us to even finish it, probably gonna take more than an hour, but certainly one of the nicest place in Madrid.

Big garden and lake:

No more Portugal pastry, but the famous food in Spain is Paella, basically is a pot of rice, thick sauce and meat (we chose lobster & seafood). This thing can be quite expensive (around €10) depending on restaurant itself, but seriously worth trying. There's another restaurant called CASA, famous with its chicken, quite nice as well.

Paella and CASA chicken:

"For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever."
-Psalms 117:2-

Hmm... I think big city is not my cup of tea, starting to appreciate the rural environment of Semenyih and Nilai for all these years. Anyway, it still feel good walking in such a big city, just pray that we will not fall prey of pickpocket and any local issues, Amen.