Madrid with 20 years vs. Madrid with 30
In the Dos de Mayo Square:
- at 20 you sit on a bench drinking beers until your body lasts. - at 30 You look for a seat on the terraces to order a few beers and you try without success until your body can bear it.
Every time there is a bridge:
- at 20 you take advantage of each and every one of the days to party to have drinks and lose consciousness in University City. - at 30 you take advantage of every penny you have to try to leave Madrid in any way.
Chinchon Square
Sundays:
- At 20 you've been dating since Thursday. You wake up hungover, order food at home and spend the afternoon lying on the sofa.
- At 30 you go to brunch with your friends at Federal and then to see an exhibition at the Thyssen and finish up with beers at La Latina.
When you party:
- At 20 babies in front of the Faculty of Dentistry dodging and being very careful that cockroaches don't come out or in Donfri and you kill the night in Cats until they close, of course. - At 30 you start with some wines while you have tapas in Conde Duque and Malasaña and then you have a few drinks on Calle Pez until you have had enough to stop arguing with your friends about how bad everything is.
Cinema, culture, markets... everything (and nothing military)
The perfect restaurant:
- At 20 a McDonalds solves all your problems , and if you feel splendid you can't forgive a cane with a cap on The Tiger surrounded by Erasmus or in Respite when there is no room for a soul. - at 30 have you managed to learn what is a resto-bar and a gastrobar. You don't set foot in any place that isn't worth an Instagram photo and that doesn't serve truffled eggs, hummus or half of its menu isn't based on foie gras.
When the heat hits:
- at 20 you would give a kidney to find a friend with a pool and, if you are not successful, you resort to Aquopolis, the Amusement Park or the Warner Park. - At 30 do you do the car tours to The Pedriza or Buitrago de Lozoya a summer essential.
Shopping:
- At 20 everything you need you find it or in Fuencarral or Gran Vía. - At 30 there is no pop up store in Malasana that you have not visited. If it has gone well for you, you even allow yourself a little whim of Salamanca .
Your favorite party in Madrid:
- At 20 college New Year's Eve, San Canuto and San Cement are essential appointments marked in red on the calendar. - At 30 you are highly involved with festivities such as ** San Isidro , the La Latina or Lavapiés festivities.** And especially with the squid sandwiches.
"When you come to Madrid, my chulapa..."
Your involvement with municipal politics:
- At 20 you complain about being fined for holding a bottle in Plaza de España. - At 30 you complain about garbage strikes, parking areas, metro frequencies, prices and practically anything else in the city.
When visitors come:
- At 20 you take them to see the Royal Palace , to take photos in the Temple of Debod and to see the musical of the Lion King. - At 30 you show them that new coffee shop that looks like a hardware store that has imported coffee, you take them to the Motor Market and to see a new play at the Lara Theater.
Natural Uma Post
The most anticipated cultural event of the year:
- At 20 you live and breathe most of the year by the code. - At 30 you live most of the year in Slaughterhouse.
Madrid in August:
**- At 20 you hate Madrid in August ** and the only thing you want is to put your feet up. - At 30 you like not having to make reservations at your favorite restaurant, have a gin and tonic on a terrace watching the sunset or cool off watching a movie on the summer cinema of El Cuartel .
A summer cinema in a former army barracks
Find a celebrity on Gran Vía:
- At 20 you stop , you look, you turn around, you stop again, you look again and finally you approach him, ask for a photo and upload it to Facebook. - At 30 you collide head-on with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and you don't care because if you take another minute to get to the car you're going to get stuck.
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