We have all been there because... who is from Madrid-Madrid?
1. THE SUBWAY. Inescapable procedure . There are those who dream of him during his first days in the capital. Even with the possibility of finding love between transshipment and transshipment. And the moment you lose yourself... that baptism of fire that seems inevitable and from which you come out much smarter and more confident.
two. NEAR / FAR CONCEPT . Coco already explained it in Sesame Street but here you are going to reinterpret the concept . Near and far happens depending on the number of means you have to use to move, your degree of laziness, or your appreciation of the universe. In summary, if they tell you close, be suspicious, and if they tell you far, take the toothbrush.
3. THE ILLUSION OF SEEING A COUNTRYMAN. Yes. Although in your land you hate him, the capital unites a lot and inadvertently substantially improves human relations . Hug him tight that you will have time to ignore him when you return to your town.
Four. THE SQUID SANDWICH FROM THE PLAZA MAYOR . A classic that everyone goes through, even if you hate squid and batter gives you allergies. You'll taste it you have to do it . Better if you accompany it with a few reeds.
5.**THE CANE CONCEPT**. There are places in our geography where in this 'cane' there is no room for half of theirs… but here they are so well laid out that there is no point in arguing. Ask for a second round.
Madrid, Madrid, Madrid... is synonymous with cañas
6. PRICES. They will have warned you of its crazy character and the truth is that you will be able to verify it as soon as you set foot in the Villa. you will rent , you will drink some wines, you will do the shopping and you will put your hands to your head. So all the time until you discover the alternative map of a Madrid cheaper that only seems to exist once you've paid for a year of hazing.
7. BALCONIES. What do I want you for? It is true, there is hardly room for a chair, not to mention the table of course, and if you want to use them you will have to sneak in profile and submit to a strict diet, but hey... What will they have that we all want one?
8. PAPER WALLS . Or the exhibitionist habit of listening (unintentionally) to everything the neighbor does, says and sometimes thinks. It is true, the walls of Madrid know everything . And if you also have the fortune to be in a picturesque corral you will know much more than them.
9. THE PARALYSIS BEFORE THE BUSES . Okay, the metro has its own… but what about that incomprehensible network of urban buses that never knows where they start or where they end? Your friends from Madrid will teach you that 73 is yours and you may not change it anymore . Overall, prevention is better.
10. THE MESS OF THE 'EMES' . M30, M40, M45, and beyond, the enigmatic M50 . This without counting the radial ones, the peripheral ones, the medispheric ones and many other threads of that skein of asphalt that surrounds the capital. And in this plan. Nothing like a GPS to get to grips with the subject, but remember that you only get to an expert level when you drive on your own and without data.
The balconies of Madrid: we all want one even if there is no room for a chair
eleven. THE MYTH OF THE STRAIGHT MAN . Definitely in danger of extinction in the center of Madrid. We have all heard of it, but we have hardly any visual data left. It's not that we're complaining, no, **it's that we'd like to know where they stop**.
12. THE ECOLOGICAL FEVER . Very fashionable, very in and very expensive. We like to pay double for a tomato that, much less, seems to do everything, and we put on a face that tastes like something as if our lives really depended on it. It will actually pass, like leg warmers and shoulder pads, and we'll be back to an equally ecological world but at half the price.
13. THE CHIMES OF NEW YEAR'S EVE. A good excuse to give yourself the bath of multitudes that you did not give yourself in San Fermín, in San Lorenzo and in the celebrations of your town. A kind of star wish when you spend your first Christmas in Madrid, but fortunately you miss it with 12 grapes and thus leave room for the next batch of future Madrilenians.
14. THE STEAKHOUSES . And the artisan chip shops, and the pickle shops. A universe to explore that you tend to discover at nine in the morning , when your hangover starts reaching number 9 on the Richter Scale.
fifteen. MALASAÑA IS NOT WHAT IT WAS . Or for that matter any other neighborhood that you think is fashionable. The thing is, you're late. Even if you find it to be the coolest place in the city, there will always be a Madrilenian who remembers it when he had not yet lost his essence (RIP Mercado de Fuencarral).
La Latina, everyone's neighborhood
16. THE CREATIVE PARKING . If at the driving school it was difficult for you to park with the little mirrors and the stickers, Madrid gives you a second chance . You will be able to cram your car into spaces that in the provinces you would look at with patent alarm. Here the car fits you landscape and well deserves some maneuvers.
17. THE LANGUAGE . yes dears, we have an accent , even if we are able to swear on the mausoleum of our ancestors that we don't... We have it! And more than one. Excellent linguistic compass that helps us navigate without making mistakes in the north, south, east and west From the capital.
18. THERE IS NO BEACH HERE . There is no need for him to do it. Although in the most explosive of a July afternoon you miss it a lot, the truth is that the terraces, the rooftops, the good vibes and the river that nobody remembers end up making up for the lack. Total, no, there is no beach, but when there is a ray of sunshine we emigrate to Valencia as if there were no tomorrow.
The sky over Madrid
19. THE IDIOSYNCRASY OF NEIGHBORHOODS . And his aesthetic way of expressing it. In the provinces we all go out to a lot and it is easy to mix; here, without being classist, each tribe has its habitat . You will not see a dog-flute making a lot of noise in the Salamanca district, nor a hipster **leaving Malasaña** happily. However, you, with your magic cloak of provinces, can calmly walk around all and in all you will be welcome. twenty. THE HOSPITALITY . It's true: you will never be able to share intimate memories of school with your friends in Madrid, but sooner or later you will have heard them so many times that you will feel more from Madrid than the cats themselves . Summarizing: the capital captures, does not judge you and invites you to explore its infinite possibilities , which as you will see in a short time, will be yours.
All this you see is YOURS
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