We reached Charmartin train station at about 0820hrs. The metro was closed and we had to change another train to get to the Metro station.
The hotel that we had booked was Hotel Laris. It was quite near the Metro station. We could only check in at 1200hrs. So we left our bags and went out. We went to Prado Museum first. It was Sunday so the museums in Madrid were free. We also walked to Centro Reina Sofia.
We were hungry and we got a phamplet on a buffet and we went for it. The buffet cost E15.60. Not very nice or should I say “Not nice at all!”. Dac did not like it. We went back to the hotel to rest after the meal and went out after resting.
We went to Hard Rock Cafe and proceeded to Real Madrid Stadium, Santiago. The metro station is Santiago Bernabeu. There was a game and we wanted to try our luck whether we could get tickets. There were touts selling tickets. The cheapest from the box office was E25 per ticket. A conner wanted to sell us at E35 but when we got back to him, he said he had no tickets. He wanted to sell us something more expensive. We went back to the box office and luckily there were some teachers who wanted to get rid of their tickets and we got two tickets at E20 each, which was a pretty good deal.
We were very excited to be able to watch the match “LIVE”. It is an experience that one would not forget. Dac was especially excited. The match was between Real Madrid and Osasuna. We even called home to dad to get him to place a bet for us. We betted on Real Madrid. We lost. The score was 1 – 1.
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