I´m out of Madrid now. I am in Granada which is in the south of Spain. I was going to spend more time in Madrid, but I actually stopped liking it so much. This is a bit of a surprise because I had such high expectations for Madrid - but maybe those expectations are what did it in.
The city is still very cool. The best parts of it are the nightlife - which I experienced only from the periphery last Saturday night. The nightlife is not that crazy every night. I went out on Sunday and Monday and there wasn´t really much going on. I am presuming things only really get going on the typical Thursday to Saturday night weekends.
The other big thing to see in Madrid are the Art Galleries (aka as the ¨big three¨). The Prado has cool Spanish artists like Picasso, Goya, Velazquez and El Greco. The Tyssen has tons of Manet, Monet, Van Goghs, Dali and Picasso in a very comfortable (airy) setting. The Reina Sofia has Picasso´s Guernica. At the Reina Sofia, I noticed some cool art which repeatedly was by Joan Miro. Cool enough so I have added him to my list of favourites. I just did some research and it turns out he is from Barcelona... And he has a painting called Bleu II. (I did not know any of this until just now, btw) Check out this thing: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/animals/animals3.html Here are some prints (warning it´s a poster selling site, but at least you can get the idea)
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=999354&c=&search=MIRO
For me though Madrid was less cultural or exciting as Barcelona which has it´s own language, architectural style and beachfront access to the ocean. Pedro Almodovar has set most if not all? of his movies in Madrid so my cultural expecations were high. I will admit though - by not knowing Spanish (yet) my ability to experience Madrid culture was limited.
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