Ich bin irgendwie verliebt in die Stadt. Es sieht alles so schön aus. Die Häuser sind alle so schön, dass kann man nicht beschreiben, geschweige denn in ein Bild fassen. Es gibt so viele tolle Läden, ich hätte am liebsten alles leer gekauft. Aber ich bin standhaft geblieben. Lieber einmal richtig Shoppen als dauernd nur ein bisschen ;). Es gibt hier einfach unglaublich viel zu entdecken.
Das einzige von was ich enttäuscht war, war "El oso y el madroño", also der Bär und der Erdbeerbaum. Das ist so ein berühmtes Fotomotiv. Ich hatte zwar schon öfter davon gehört aber ich hatte es noch nie auf irgendwelchen Fotos gesehen. Ich hab mir das als eine riesige Statue vorgestellt gehabt. Als ich dann laut meiner Karte dort war, hab ich es zuerst gar nicht gefunden. Das war einfach winzig dieses Ding :'D. Ein Foto damit habe ich natürlich trotzdem.
Außerdem - was (für mich) eigentlich noch viel wichtiger ist - habe ich mich in einem Gym angemeldet. Das liegt ca. 15 Minuten Fußweg (man könnte auch Metro fahren, aber erstens bin ich dafür zu geizig und zweitens, hey, ich will ja Sport machen da kann ich locker auch hin laufen), nicht zu teuer und am wichtigsten natürlich: man muss nicht gleich einen Jahresvertrag abschließen. Ich hatte mir fest vorgenommen, den Typ im Fitness auf Spanisch nach einem passenden Vertrag zu fragen, aber nachdem er dann anfangen wollte, mir alles auf spanisch zu erklären und ich nichts verstanden hatte, sind wir dann doch zurück zum Englisch gerutscht. Ich hoffe das wird noch was. Naja, jedenfalls war ich echt glücklich ein Gym gefunden zu haben und es hat sogar genau die selben Geräte wie wir zu Hause. Also alles perfekt. Das einzige was nicht so perfekt ist, ist der Rückweg. Der geht nämlich vorbei an sämtlichen Fast Food-Ketten (McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Tacobell), aber ich glaub dem kann ich widerstehen. Außerdem muss ich durch eine riesige Einkaufspassage (ich glaub dem kann ich dann schon weniger widerstehen - darf ich halt kein Geld mitnehmen). Praktischer Weise ist da aber auch ein Supermarkt, da hab ich mir dann gleich nochmal 12l Wasser mitgenommen (und ja, die habe ich ganz allein die 15 Minuten bis zu meiner Wohnung getragen - nach dem Workout).
Aber natürlich verläuft hier noch kein Tag ohne Pannen oder Überraschungen. Heute gleich zwei. Als ich aus der Dusche raus bin habe ich gemerkt, dass ich mein Handtuch in meinem Zimmer vergessen hatte; das liegt zwar genau gegenüber, aber trotzdem musste ich klatschnass nackt einmal über den Flur laufen. Gottseidank kam mein Nachbar grade nicht aus seinem Zimmer. Das zweite war .... mein Essen :D. Ich hatte mich so auf Reis mit Gemüse gefreut, und das Gemüse war auch gut, aber als ich meine Reispackung aufgemacht hab, habe ich bemerkt, dass es eher aussieht wie Milchreis - und es hat im Endeffekt auch geschmeckt wie Milchreis (nur halt mit Wasser gekocht) - und das hat mich irgendwie schon ein bisschen enttäuscht. Ich hab 5 Mal die Packung gecheckt ob da irgendwas von leche draufsteht - tut's aber nicht. Aber ok. Ich kann damit leben.
Gute Nacht :*
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| Plaza Mayor |
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| El oso y el madroño |
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| La Gran Vía |
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| La Plaza de España |
*****
I have been a tourist today. I started my trip at Puerta del Sol, went to Plaza Mayor and back, walked along the Gran Vía, vistited Plaza de Oriente, and so on, and so on. According to my phone I walked 11km (wow, double the distance and triple the pace and I am ready for the half marathon).
I am kind of in love with the city, everything is just so pretty. The houses are so beautiful, I cannot describe it, let alone capture it in pictures. There are so many amazing shops, I would have loved to buy everything. But I have had myself under control - I prefer one big shopping trip than many little ones ;). There is so much to explore here.
There was only one thing that disappointed me, and that was "El oso y e madroño" (The Bear and the Strawberry-Tree). It is a famous spot for taking photographs. I have heard a lot of it but I had never seen any pictures of it. I imagined it as huge statue. So when I, according to my map, arrived there, I just couldn't find it. It was so tiny :'D. But I took a pictue with it anyway.
But what is most important - at least for me - is that I signed up for the gym today. It is about 15 minutes from my apartment (well, I could use the metro but first of all, I am too stingy fo that and secondly, well, I want to do sports so I can easily walk 15 minutes before and fate my workout), not too expensive and it is possible to sign a 3 month contract (most of the gyms only offer 12 months contracts). I was really up to talking spanish to the instructor, explaining him what I needed. But after he tried to explain me everything, we switched back to english because I just couldn't understand him. It is really tough talking spanish. I was so happy to find a gym, they even have the same machines as we do at home. Everything perfect - excapt for the way back. I have to pass every singe fast food restaurant you can imagine, McDonalds, Burger Kig, KFC, Taco Bell...but I guess I can restist this temptation. The one I might not resist is all the fashion-stores along the way. I guess I can never tak money with me. Well, but the good thing is that there is also a supermarket; I already bought another 12L of water and carried them all the way back to my apartment -after the workout!
But no day passes without any incident. Today when I came out of the shower, I realised that I had forgotten my towel in my room. I mean, my room is only across the floor, but I sill had to walk these few steps wet and completely naked to my room to get the towel. I was so lucky my neighbour did not walk out of his room this exact moment. The second thing that did not amuse me was my food. I was so lookng forward to having rice with veggies, and the veggies were perfectly fine. But when I opened my bag of rice it looked like the rice you use for rice pudding. And it also tasted like that (only, of course, cooked with water). I was not happy about that. I checked the package about five times if it said anyhing about leche. But it didn't. But ok, I can live with that.
I am kind of in love with the city, everything is just so pretty. The houses are so beautiful, I cannot describe it, let alone capture it in pictures. There are so many amazing shops, I would have loved to buy everything. But I have had myself under control - I prefer one big shopping trip than many little ones ;). There is so much to explore here.
There was only one thing that disappointed me, and that was "El oso y e madroño" (The Bear and the Strawberry-Tree). It is a famous spot for taking photographs. I have heard a lot of it but I had never seen any pictures of it. I imagined it as huge statue. So when I, according to my map, arrived there, I just couldn't find it. It was so tiny :'D. But I took a pictue with it anyway.
But what is most important - at least for me - is that I signed up for the gym today. It is about 15 minutes from my apartment (well, I could use the metro but first of all, I am too stingy fo that and secondly, well, I want to do sports so I can easily walk 15 minutes before and fate my workout), not too expensive and it is possible to sign a 3 month contract (most of the gyms only offer 12 months contracts). I was really up to talking spanish to the instructor, explaining him what I needed. But after he tried to explain me everything, we switched back to english because I just couldn't understand him. It is really tough talking spanish. I was so happy to find a gym, they even have the same machines as we do at home. Everything perfect - excapt for the way back. I have to pass every singe fast food restaurant you can imagine, McDonalds, Burger Kig, KFC, Taco Bell...but I guess I can restist this temptation. The one I might not resist is all the fashion-stores along the way. I guess I can never tak money with me. Well, but the good thing is that there is also a supermarket; I already bought another 12L of water and carried them all the way back to my apartment -after the workout!
But no day passes without any incident. Today when I came out of the shower, I realised that I had forgotten my towel in my room. I mean, my room is only across the floor, but I sill had to walk these few steps wet and completely naked to my room to get the towel. I was so lucky my neighbour did not walk out of his room this exact moment. The second thing that did not amuse me was my food. I was so lookng forward to having rice with veggies, and the veggies were perfectly fine. But when I opened my bag of rice it looked like the rice you use for rice pudding. And it also tasted like that (only, of course, cooked with water). I was not happy about that. I checked the package about five times if it said anyhing about leche. But it didn't. But ok, I can live with that.
Good night :*
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