I arrived in Madrid in the early evening after a long bus ride from Barcelona. I have signed up with a bus tour for the week and the first day I am with people only from South America (no English) before I switch to the English group the next day. But I will tell you they were the friendliest and kindest people to spend the day with!
From what I could tell from my short visit in Madrid is I love the layout and energy of the city! I had a hard time getting a feel for Barcelona. In Madrid, its a sunday night around 7pm and the streets are just hopping with people and all the shops are still open! But I couldn't get too carried away with sight seeing. I was due at Corral De La Roreria at 10pm for a Flaminco Dance show.
This place is listed in the book "1,000 things to do before you die", and one of the dancers has preformed for the Spanish Royal family. So they must be good right??? They were fantastic! The dancers would come out as a solo female, or 3 females or a solo male, accompanied by 3 vocalists (who clap with their palms) and guitar players.
I also went to a Flaminco performance in a cave in Granada. I wanted to include some video footage but it just won't upload. So these photos do not do the events any justice, but at least you get the idea...it's a lot of fancy tap dancing!
