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We definitely felt that in Barcelona there were way too many tourists for that size city and it felt like the natives or the locals would get 20 points for every tourist. They ran down if you dare got in their way, they were ready to kill you and that’s the vibe I felt throughout the entire trip in Barcelona, like the people that live there wanted us dead Because they were just way too many tourists it was suffocating. I did not get a decent meal in any restaurant in Barcelona. The only place I ate well was in the hotel but the noise level inside the hotel was so terrible. I couldn’t sleep and I would never recommend that hotel even though the breakfast was fabulous. I did enjoy the aquarium. That was very interesting. I did not care for the sagrada Familia Cathedral. It was like being inside a jewelry box not a church not a Basilica. I take Madrid over Barcelona any day.
I don’t know how you got video footage but every time I went, to the Royal Palace in Madrid , they kept saying no photos no videos, no flash. No, the Egyptian temple is not worth it. It’s just a waste of time. You didn’t miss anything. I would recommend staying centrally in the Modena hotel. It’s close to everything and you get breakfast included and it’s fantastic and across the street is a wonderful church if you want to go to mass in the morning before you go get your shopping done at corte Ingles right behind the Moderno hotel, and you can buy your fruit, sandwiches, Tinto de verano , you can also visit some wonderful flamenco shows.🥰
I don't know who told you that the Egyptian temple was closed at 20h, maybe it's true, but nobody enters the temple because it's really tiny. The whole attraction are the surroundings, it's an *OPEN* public park which has one of the best views of the sunset in Madrid.
You missed the main and most beautiful part of Gran Via. You took right in Callao and took Calle Preciados. You should have stayed in Gran Via from Callao to the end in Cibeles. That is where the best buildings and stores are.
@@MattAntar Your AMTRAK trains seem to be more similar to older long-distance or current regional trains in Spain. I'm old enough to remember the long-distance trains before high-speed ones were introduced here. You may try a regional or commuter train to some touristic city near someday. ;) Sorry for your shorts! That sudden stop is not usual. Interesting video. Appreciate it!
😂 Gracias al ministro de transporte. Todos ellos funcionan fantásticamente bien mal desde que él está al mando. Dentro de poco, no veremos estos vídeos alabando a estos transportes u otros. Pero, gracias por sus comentarios 😂., me alegro de que no haya tenido ningún problema.
As someone living in Barcelona - the anti-tourist sentiment is mainly about housing prices. We don't hate tourists per se, it's that the insane level of rent is mainly attributed to tourism. Short term rentals are more profitable for landlords.
Los pinchos que te tomaste en el ultimo día realmente era un restaurante Vasco. Te recomiendo que visites la próxima vez que vengas a España el Pais Vasco que esta en el norte. Vas a flipar respecto a la gastronomía.
Increíble que se estropee el aire acondicionado en un tren de Alta Velocidad, realmente esa flota de trenes ya empieza a estar vieja. Seguro que hubo muchas reclamaciones de los viajeros afectados. Que mala suerte lo del zumo derramado. Tienes un estilo de narrar muy mesurado. Ha sido interesante ver el punto de vista de alguien no español, un saludo desde Valencia.
I’m pretty sure there are plugs in every AVE, Avant and AVLO trains. Sometimes you may find them on one side of your seat or under your seat or they may be under a lid on the table, but I’ve always been able to top up my gadgets any time I wanted to whilst traveling by high speed train in Spain. I might be wrong, though.
Yo creo que Vd. viajaría más cómodo en una diligencia como en el Oeste en 1860 alli no se servia Cola , ni ñoquis, ni habia aire acondicionado. Hubiera sido perfecto y tendría el espectaculo de los indios o cuatreros, mucho mas divertido.😂
In Spain, it is normal to have checks at train stations, since in Spain we suffered a jihadist attack on March 11, 2004, in which several trains were blown up, with many dead and wounded.
by your comment on sagrada familia and its not so "traditional" appearence.. well, the building is still under construction. Also, its architectonical style is called "modernism".. so.. yea, it should seem more modern than a gothic church 600 years old. I may be wrong, and maybe wouldn't have worked for a youtube video, only for your pleasure, but in barcelona there is a museum. well, in fact there are literally hundreds of them, but there is one in particular, in Montjuïc, called MNAC. if you are into "more traditional" religious art, there you have the frescoes (wall paintings) from several churches from the romanesque period that were moved there in order to be better preserved around 100 years ago. The romanesque style precedes the gothic style and belongs to the IX th to XII th centuries. Also, since the museum is on a hill, the view is quite good, and is surrounded by parks. Not a very known museum by tourists in general, but check it out if you can. I think that worths it. Thats not something that you can easily see in many places.
One of my favorite places in the world! You do have to be careful and watch for pickpockets on the Metro, Puerta del Sol, Gran Via and other touristy places in Madrid. Some people just aren't museum people. My husband is an artist and I'm a Spanish teacher, so we can't bet enough of the Prado, Reina Sofía, and The Thyssen museums. Your video makes me want to go back to the Royal Palace--haven't been there in over 30 years. You got some good food too!
Salmorejo is very different from gazpacho. Gazpacho is a mixture of quite a number of different vegetables, whereas salmorejo is basically just bread, garlic, tomato, salt, and olive oil and vinegar. Traditionally served with boiled egg and iberico ham chips. It contains no cream, the silky texture is due to the stale bread you blend with the tomatoes. The brava sauce is just made of olive oil, and smoky, spicy paprika, hence the red colour. Some people add tomato to it. Hope you enjoyed Spain to the max.
Not a woman dancing what you bought at that store at Plaza Mayor, but a Menina, a figurine of an Infanta, a member of the Spanish Royal Family, and Velazquez's most famous painting.
The word "menina" (which is originally a Portuguese word meaning "girl") does not refer to an Infanta, but to a young member of the Royal Palace staff responsible for taking care of the royal children. The painting "Las Meninas" (in fact, its "official" title is "The Family of Philip IV") is called that way not because of the Infanta Margarita, but because of Isabel de Velasco and Agustina Sarmiento.
I am a new watcher of your vids but they are really good. You have a great flow. We are thinking of retiring to spain and have been three times - your vids are super accurate - for anyone watching this is a really good review.
Your waiter in La Gelida may be having a bad day, or she might have been nicer if you had spoken to her in English instead of in Spanish (there are some Catalans who are really belligerent and won’t tolerate the Spanish language). Luckily, most people are not that rude and stupid.
I don´t know where you´re from, but I´m from Spain and I can assure you the situation with the Catalan in Barcelona is simply unacceptable. I went to Barcelona for a weekend a few years ago, and I was replied to in Catalan more times in 48h there than in SEVEN YEARS living in Valencia, where they do speak Catalan/Valencian as well, but the people is actually respectful, so it´s basically imposible they reply to you in Catalan if you address them in Spanish, which is what any civilized human being would do, when they share a COMMON LANGUAGE. But their lobotomies are so capable, there´s people treating like that a guy who´s obviously a foreigner, and who unlike 99.99% of tourists, actually speaks Spanish. Still a no go. Same thing I´ve seen in other channels, including Argentinians who speak Spanish. WHO does that, except for a politically lobotomized person? Anyway, Barcelona is a pretty nice city, but I´ll never go back to a place who treats me like second class Spaniard, if not the enemy. And apologies to my fellow Spanish Catalans who are as equally horrified about those attitudes as I am, but it is what it is. Cheers!
@@1650millionno vengas , si te molesta que te hablen en su idioma no vengas. Parece ser que si te hablan en inglés no te molesta, hipócrita mentiroso.
As an Andalusian I tell you I don't like salmorejo but I do like gazpacho with a mild spicy flavor although you already know that we Spaniards don't like things that are too spicy it is bad for the stomach you could get a stomach problem greetings from Huelva (As for the heat, don't come in August, it is the worst month of summer.).
La Boqueria was my favourite market. Loved seeing it again in your video. And I found Raval to be safe - similar warnings, but Placa Raval with the Botero sculpture and parrot colony was a joy. I liked Raval for being an ordinary neighbourhood, not geared to tourism.
I was working in Alhambra for a year as art restorer. I was behind the upper windows of the alberca yard, With many tourists below and many bats hanging just upstairs
You could've still gone to the Temple of Devod since what is really interesting about it is its sourrandings, with amazing views to the royal palace and look outs to the city it self. But you did what is most recomended for a three day visit! Loved your comments to your experiences
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hypocrisy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hy po cri sy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hypocrisy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... right?
i think you would have loved the archeologican museum in Madrid (MAN), i get like visiting the Prado museum is like a really big thing, but i find history far more interesting specially as the MAN has the Dama de Elche and Dama de Baza statues (iberian statues)
The South os Spain is a must-visit, undoubtedly, but I’m more in love with the small towns than the big cities (I even felt a bit disappointed with Seville to be honest… I was so hyped beforehand). Free tapas in Granada are unparalleled in the rest of Spain, and you should know that, if you’d stayed for a second drink, the second tapa would’ve been even better (once I knew this, I decided I would not take a seat for lunch or dinner😅). As for the thick accent, it can be difficult to understand even for other Spaniards.
In Spain we don’t speak with a lisp. It’s not Plaza de Ezpaña, as you pronounced it, but Plaza de España (we pronounce differently the “z” and the “s”, unlike in South America) It would be a lisp if we pronounced the “s” as a “z”, and that’s not the case.
It's really a misunderstanding. We don't have lisp (a speech impediment), that's simply how we pronounce the /θ/ phoneme, like you do in "thick" or "thought". It's a greek heritage.
