It's Siesta Time!

Madrid is a city that only siestas, it never sleeps.

Even on a Tuesday night the clubs and bars are buzzing with the flocks of people out to party. Last night Johnny and I hit a Cuban themed bar in Madrid with awesome live music, super strong mojitos and waitresses dressed in cute checked outfits. A Tuesday night, and all the seats were taken!

But it's not just the nightlife that keeps tourists flocking to Madrid. The galleries here are damned big. Yesterday we visited Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza which is a collection of art that really goes from alpha to omega, I think the only gallery I've seen so far which was bigger was the National Gallery in London. At the end of four exhausting hours Johnny and I only managed to make it out in one piece by using each other as crutches...

I haven´t said many good things about Johnny since he joined me on this trip but I must take a moment to commend his good driving in Europe. (Yes, I did say good) The streets in the cities in Europe were clearly built by people who have never, ever heard of a car let alone seen one. It is an intense rabbit warren of one way streets that people park any which way on (sometimes you have to do a three point turn just to get around the corners!) and the problem is exacerbated by the fact that parking inspectors don't work on weekends! :p Johnny has done very well to get as safely around Lisbon and Madrid, although I still have a snigger at him every time he stalls the manual car (which happens on average seven or eight times a day!)

Anyway, I'm now going to hit a museum and have a siesta before I head out to experience more of Madrid's crazy nightlife tonight! :p