Madrid and Porto
A week of holidays: I would go to Madrid first and see Sophia and then spend the weekend in Porto together with Heather and Christina. I am in my room now and have no idea what to write first. So much has happened, I will just start and see how it goes.
Madrid equals relaxation
Madrid for me is the ultimate city to unwind and relax. A typical spanish manana-attitude, excellent food, majestic buildings and the numerous terraces. As can be seen in my previous post, I am also particularly interested in the museums. If you ever get the chance to see Picasso's Guernica, you will see what I mean. This masterpiece just draws your attention to it. In Thyssen-Bornemiza, where I went, you can also see extra-ordinary art.
Catching up with old friends
I had some time to catch up with Sophia, talked about her traineeship at PwC and all other things going on in our lives. In AIESEC you meet many interesting people, but seldom do you have the chance to take time to actually talk to each other. While sitting in a Portugese hotel room, two british girls and one Dutch girl realized that they had only met a couple of times before booking this trip. Yet we had the feeling that knew eachother well. My friends are amazed still and I cannot seem to explain it to them.
Food, food and eh more food
Central element in this trip: FOOD!!! Starting with a decent breakfast, lunch at 2 until appx 3.30, then a light snack (chocolate) at 5 and then diner at 10. Tapas in Madrid, dodgy looking squids in Porto (squips for insiders) and lovely cholocate pie. Going out for long diners relieves so much tension and brings about some good conversation. In Porto we tried a local speciality which looks like a toast with much meat and sauce. It was indeed good but I doubt it is very healthy.
Horrendous flight: Ryanair at its best
My flight back was an adventure (understatement). I was sitting in our plane at 6 in the morning, ready to leave, when the captain announced our plane was damage and we needed to go back to the airport lounge. A spokesperson from Ryanair announced they would try and get a new plane and we needed to wait. That waiting lasted until 16.00 hours!!!!!Then Ryanair decided to cancel the flight and offered an alternative: a seat on the next flight out. Since wednesday was already full that meant leaving Madrid on thursday, 2 days later. In the meanwhile I made some new friends and luckily they all had the dutch inventive spirit. We managed to book a ticket with Lufthansa and I finally arrived at the Dutch/German border at 23.30.
Weird to see how people board a plane anonimously, planning to catch up sleep. Then at the end of the day everyone knows eachother and is chatting like we are old friends.
These are just some snapshots from the trip. I have so much more to tell, probably more posts will follow.
Madrid equals relaxation
Madrid for me is the ultimate city to unwind and relax. A typical spanish manana-attitude, excellent food, majestic buildings and the numerous terraces. As can be seen in my previous post, I am also particularly interested in the museums. If you ever get the chance to see Picasso's Guernica, you will see what I mean. This masterpiece just draws your attention to it. In Thyssen-Bornemiza, where I went, you can also see extra-ordinary art.
Catching up with old friends
I had some time to catch up with Sophia, talked about her traineeship at PwC and all other things going on in our lives. In AIESEC you meet many interesting people, but seldom do you have the chance to take time to actually talk to each other. While sitting in a Portugese hotel room, two british girls and one Dutch girl realized that they had only met a couple of times before booking this trip. Yet we had the feeling that knew eachother well. My friends are amazed still and I cannot seem to explain it to them.
Food, food and eh more food
Central element in this trip: FOOD!!! Starting with a decent breakfast, lunch at 2 until appx 3.30, then a light snack (chocolate) at 5 and then diner at 10. Tapas in Madrid, dodgy looking squids in Porto (squips for insiders) and lovely cholocate pie. Going out for long diners relieves so much tension and brings about some good conversation. In Porto we tried a local speciality which looks like a toast with much meat and sauce. It was indeed good but I doubt it is very healthy.
Horrendous flight: Ryanair at its best
My flight back was an adventure (understatement). I was sitting in our plane at 6 in the morning, ready to leave, when the captain announced our plane was damage and we needed to go back to the airport lounge. A spokesperson from Ryanair announced they would try and get a new plane and we needed to wait. That waiting lasted until 16.00 hours!!!!!Then Ryanair decided to cancel the flight and offered an alternative: a seat on the next flight out. Since wednesday was already full that meant leaving Madrid on thursday, 2 days later. In the meanwhile I made some new friends and luckily they all had the dutch inventive spirit. We managed to book a ticket with Lufthansa and I finally arrived at the Dutch/German border at 23.30.
Weird to see how people board a plane anonimously, planning to catch up sleep. Then at the end of the day everyone knows eachother and is chatting like we are old friends.
These are just some snapshots from the trip. I have so much more to tell, probably more posts will follow.
posted by Floor @ 1:18 PM
3 Comments:
At 9:27 AM ,
sarita said...
you were talking about the small world in @, I've just met Mo and Sophie (again) at the national conference in Spain :-)
At 6:55 AM ,
Pierre said...
Is that mohit?! oh my god.. it is! :) I bet he was a bagful of fun!
At 12:36 PM ,
Mohit Chandiramani said...
hey, am glad u had a nice trip. its a small world after all. could you please send me pics from that night. specially the ones with me and the kid in the park. thanx, mo.
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