Hala Madrid

Madrid!! Tempat yang edros paling teringin nak pegi dalam dunia ni.  He made it clear that his all time dream is to watch Real Madrid match in Bernabeu Stadium. He made it VERY clear, sepuluh ribu kali duk ulang2 setiap kali kami tengok match real Madrid kat tv.

After Lisbon, we flew to Madrid. A day ahead of the rest of the eurotrip clan. In the plane edros sibuk duk study Spanish from the app I downloaded in my ipod. Semangattt! I don’t even think he needs a dictionary. Mana dia pegi pun dia tetap akan bersembang dgn konfiden walaupun dia sendiri tak paham apa yang dia merapu. dgn orang apa sekalipun, janji ada bunyi bercakap dia akan cakap serupa dia hasbullah awang duk sembang friendly dengan mahadir lokman gituuu.

We arrived at  Madrid Barajas Airport early noon. Since the bags are huge, we decided to skip the metro and take the cab to our apartment in Gran Via. We were not very sure of how far the airport is from Gran Via, but agak2 tak jauh sgt so tak pa la kot naik cab.. dgn harapan tak la mahal sgt.. sekali the meter doesn’t stop going at 10euro. Alamak.!! By the time we reach our apartment the meter was blinking in bright red digits, 30euros!!! That’s RM120!!. Gilaaaaaaaa~~ taktau la kena ketok ke mmg btol harga macamtu, kitorang bayar dgn linangan air mata dan hati yg berkecai.. macam ni rupanya perasaan mat salleh2 yg slalu kena ketok dgn taxi driver kat Malaysia.. 

We stayed in a duplex apartment right in the middle of Gran Via. Mmg heaven sbb just 5 minutes from metro and grocery stores and restaurants are all nearby. And the best part was, Madrid was sunny! Its still winter though, tapi boleh la nak redah jalan2 when the sun is out..

this is Gran Via

The first day in Madrid it was just me and edros. Alvi, adam and oya arrived a day after us. So the first day tu kitorang feeling2 honeymoon. So we took our time strolling the busy street of Gran Via, browsed through the cafés along Plaza Mayor and went for Santiago Bernabeu stadium tour. The tour was awesome!! We even get to see the changing room, siap ada Jacuzzi lagi. But the shower room is doorless..erk… the tour route includes the dugouts, presidential box, press room, changing rooms, players tunnel and the gallery where the trophy room is at. We took hundres of pictures there tapi sayangnya as I was waiting for edros to get his real Madrid jersey customized at the club shop, camera buat pasal and we lost allllllll the pictures! Ini lagi sedih dari kena ketok dengan taxi driver ok. I felt awful as it was me who held the camera last. Edros muka dah herot2 tahan perasaan.

But he wasn’t upset for long… 

nenjiaaaaaa~ 

it was a late wedding cum birthday gift to him, i bought us tickets for real Madrid vs Levante match the day after. Haruslah lepas tu muka dia berseri2~ fuhhh nasib baik.

Match the next was scheduled at 9.00 pm.. by 6.00pm kitorang dah pegi metro takut sesak.. one thing about the football match in bernabeu is, kalau ada match, the streets in the area will be closed. So mmg kena naik metro saja. Nak drive boleh, tapi kena park jauh..might as well naik metro. Murah, cepat dan padat.  Diulangi, padat! we had our dinner in burger king, sila rujuk gambar bawah untuk melihat sendiri skala kepadatan. Sudah la kitorang ni kecik2, rasa mcm dalam lautan gergasi2.

sekiusmi~ sekiusmi~

By 8.20, we were already seated in our seats. I bought popcorns. Agak bangang disitu sbb masa tu dah malam, sejuk gila2 sampai nak bukak glove pun tak sanggup. Maka makanla popcorn tersebut guna glove. Nasibbb~ makin lama makin sejuk.. tangan hanya mampu dikepit celah ketiak takpun letak bawah bontot.. mmg tak makan pun popcorn tu.. ntahapa2 tgk bola bwk popkon.. rugi 4euro. By the time the match ended, it was even colder than peti ais daging. Edros punya hidung pun tukar kaler, dari coklat jawa jadi merah Eurasian.. nak jalan keluar stadium punyalah azab, dgn angin kuat mcm nak terpelanting pastu nak kena kawad kaki berjemaah plak nak masuk metro. Nasib baik kitorang keluar awal. Itupun beratur mcm nak pegi mengundi.

gembire~

sejuk mcm kena tampar

gembire lagiiii~

Adamoyaalvi sampai Madrid malam tu.. kesian diorg kena tunggu me and dosh habis tgk bola baru boleh masuk rumah.. tapi diorg tunggu kat café somewhere dekat2 dgn apartment. Tuan punya kedai tu punya tak sabar nak tutup kedai dah masa tu hahaha..

We spent a week in Madrid where we went for café hopping. Trying out the seafood paella (read: pa-ya) and tapas.. shopping pun best, zara kat situ murah.. ke tengah sale? Tak ingat sgt, yang penting murah~~

ni dekat plaza mayor. tarian kesyukuran sempena pancaran matahari di tgh2 winter

Adamoya

edros sedih elmo taknak amik gambaq dgn dia.. siannn

seafood paella. mcm nasik goreng kawah camtu laa lebih kurang

aaron aziz m. osman

candy shop. ni kalau hensel gretel tgk boleh nanges nii

Adamudang

j. longkang

tapas: patatas bravas, cafe con leche. dlm bahasa melayu, ubi goreng dgn sos macam2 dan kopi boh susu

tortilla espanola. spanish omelette. tloq dadar sepanyol. yang ni sedap dahsyat.

If anyone asked if im ever going to revisit Madrid again, I’d say, definitely.. like edros said to me when we lost all the pictures in the camera ‘tak pe la, ada alasan nak datang sini lagi..’ hahahahaha