Madrid post-game, Dawn of the European Power Rankings

Goose and I just arrived in Barcelona taking a train that was traveling near the speed of light. Our attempt to go out last night was stymied by two Australian girls with nose rings and adorable accents that kept us up til about 330 (not before Goose pounded a ritualistic late night pizza and gelato).  I was left in a comatose, slobbering state of exhaustion the entirety of the train. But we made it.

While venturing some cobblestone road with a castle on it, I made the statement, "Whoa. Put this city #1 on my power rankings" or something. Thus was born "The Goose and Andrew Euro-romp Power Rankings." Madrid is 1st out of 1 right now.

Report card
Hostel: 8. Aside from the naked-Spanish-butt-in-face early morning wake-up and empty promises of WiFi, pretty awesome location. Also didn't wake up with random scars or rashes from bed bugs or other unidentified critters, so that's a plus.
Food: 10. We had some outrageous, daring concoction of eggs on top of truffle fries and such that blew my mind. Think I blacked out for a minute. Paella outside Real Madrid's soccer stadium would have cost around 3 grand at Rick's Boat House on the beautiful Missouri river in Omaha, but 6 pesos here was acceptable. Also, I'm starting a successful Churro late-night food chain in the states. Why do we not have these fried pieces of joy?

Sites: 10. As Goose appropriately described it, "Madrid just likes to kick it old school." So you get to see things like this:

Nice hats fellas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's love. This honeymoon has been amazing.

Illegal picture of some of Picasso's "La Guernica" in Reina Sofia. Apparently one of the most famous pieces of art of all time despite it looking like he just messed up a lot.

Pretty standard federal building I guess

Best Site: 9. King's new palace. Only knock was paying 10 Euro to enter because America is not part of the European Union. That's fair. Europe sucks. No it doesn't. Moving on. Goose and I concluded, "We would throw an unreal party in here." Why? Because:

a) This is only part of it

b) The bouncers are pretty legit

c) He has cool ceilings. In every room.

d) His dinner table could fit the Hasebroock family 5 or 6 times over.
e) It could fit every facebook friend we have combined in the "Conversation room" alone.

Goose also concluded he would be a great king because: "I could be fat and womanize pretty well."



Night Life: 7. Mainly because we were there Tues-Thurs. But the Tinto Verano (still don't really know what it is) was great. Coolest thing was watching Spain layeth the smackdown on Ireland with a million totally rabid Spain fans outside Real Madrid's stadium:




Tallied up, Madrid comes in with a solid 44/50. On to Barcelona.