Mimidora The Explorer

This morning i woke up feeling sad because it sinked in to me that i have to go back to the Philippines and i have to leave this family that i have learned to love as if they were my own :( but as Mamá Eva always said, "la vida es así" (life is like that). But i guess that gives me more reason to come back :)

I took pictures of my room :) my view whenever i wake up in the morning

This is my view when i look up :) my window with the curtains





























Then i ate breakfast with Mamá Eva. Last call for galletas :) and some greek yoghurt. After that we brought down all of my heavy things. I really want to thank Mamá Eva for her hospitality and for treating me like i am really her own daughter. I'm reeeeally going to miss her. Downstairs i took a picture of the lobny of the apartment












And my view when i open the gate






Mamá Eva drove me to the airport.












And it's hasta luego to her. I will miss you Mamá Eva!!

In the airport...






Thank God i'll be flying business class because it's a 7 hour flight to Doha, Qatar and then a 7 hour lay over and then another 6 or 7 hours to Manila. Wooooo!!

In the business class lounge i took Fanta limon because i know that when i arrive in the Philippines, or in Doha, no more Fanta.






In the airplane

















Almost all of their commencement food is seafood :p rarrr





I ordered Spanish Tapas instead but it really sucked. I suddenly missed mamá Eva's cooking. The green thing on top is guacamole and it really sucked.





Then i had chicken with some kind of sauce which made up for the horrible appetizer. It was really good





And then helado (ice creeeeam!)





I watched Beastly first...





And then red riding hood






And they were really really great movies :)

Then before landing they serve food again i don't know what this is though





We can't really see in this picture but the sky had a soft orange color and it was very nice and soothing to the eyes. Too bad i wasn't on a window seat





And then finally i arrived at Doha and i guess it's not so bad o wait for 7 hours here. I love their lounge!!























It has a buffet too!











I deliberately sat down near the buffet table :)





Oh and the bathroom... Ahhhhh!!!












Here's the beat part :) they have beds!!!!






And now i'll just sleep until i'm called for boarding :)

¡Buenas Noches Qatar!

Today is officially my last tour day in Madrid and so, my Mamá Eva decided to take me to the exposition at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza of the works of one of the nost important artists of Spain, Antonio Lopez. What's else is great about him is, HE'S STILL ALIVE! :)

This morning i savored my galletas because this is my 2nd to the last breakfast for this long trip

Hehe

And then after taking a bath. We went to the metro station. It feels weird having to buy single journey ticket

When we arrived at the Thyssen, there was a line and the ticket they're selling is for the 14:30 batch. We arrived there around 11:30 To think that we came on a day where most madrileños are out because of the long weekend.





And so we decided to go out first and walk to the Barrio de las Letras. Apparently this place was a hangout of the old writers.
We also dropped by a church which is packed with people during the holy week.



After walking around some more, we saw a little taberna with a sign that says "Callos Madrileña". It is a typical dish in Spain with clean pig tripe :) yes the part of a pig's stomach








Mmmmm... Callos :)





Then this guy came and started talking to us. He's not freaky. He just wanted to start a conversation about the food because he never tried callos yet before but he's from Spain.


He wamted to try the callos so we gave him some and he gave us some of his food too and guess what it was? Rabo de Torro...bull's tail! :) ahahahahaha!


After that we had our foto taken outside this very antique place.


After eating we went back to the Thyssen and just sat under the shade because we had 1 hour more before we can go in.


Here's a sample of Antonio Lopez' sculpture. He not only does paintings, he's gifted with this type of art too


Entrance :) i had a discount because of my student card :)


Here's a sample of his paintingnof the Gran Vía. His work is soooo detaoled it looks loke a poster. Apparently what he does is, so as not to have different lightig, he went to the same place facing the same angle always on the same time


This is only the entrance. Fotos are not allowed and for once i followed :)


One more foto :) i'm really going to miss you Mamá Eva


After the museum we went home so that i can finish with my luggage. But i really wanted to bring home hortchata for my family so i went out for a while. I found the biscuits they featured in the news before "Filipinos" :) but i did not buy any.


When i arrived home, dinner was being prepared and it was pasta with tomatoes, carrots, onions, and some italian spicrs and it was a bit spicy but it was so delicious, it was a perfect parting gift :)


After dinner i had to continue with the packing of my luggages and that's it.

-- ¡Buenas Noches Madrid!