36 HOURS IN MADRID - First Impressions of Madrid

Hello Good evening, I'm starting this video at a very weird time, but I've got a good reason for that I've just arrived to Madrid, just got off the bus from the last video and I need to go and check into the hostel now, but then I'll tell you what I'm doing tonight Okay, I think this is it Mad for you hostel. Check this out this is my room, got a shower and Look at that Come here and TV Single bed. I've got this place for the next two nights Mad for you hostel in Madrid and I'm gonna explore from here, take you all around Madrid and that's what this video is gonna be about I'll tell you why I'm so excited about tonight. But first I need a shower That Was a little bit of a hostel I don't know. It looks really nice. I'll show you more tomorrow, but so far it looks pretty good The reason I'm so excited is because I just got tickets to Real Madrid tonight I don't know who's a football fan watching, but I've always wanted to get to the Bernabeu I've always wanted to see Real Madrid play and Never have So yeah, I'm gonna go tonight. It's kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing. I was on the bus, the bus had Wi-Fi and Real Madrid are playing tonight. I found some cheap tickets and Now I'm going I don't know if you can tell but I'm pretty excited about this I only got these tickets today and I got them second-hand off Viagogo. Apparently they're good tickets Yeah, this is cool I had no idea I was doing this. Let's find the way in Hello Okay, I think this is me. Here we go Nice Just got in here, it's a giant thing That's my seat. I'm the second row from the back. I could only be further away from the pitch if I was one row back So it's cool to be here Half-time, Real Madrid are 1-0 up. So far completely happy I came Right, the match is over. Real Madrid won 3-0. Whether you love or hate football or just don't care It's one of the most iconic things to do and a great start to Madrid So now I just need to go back to the hostel Good morning again. I just had quite a nice breakfast actually in the hostel. It's behind me there somewhere and Yeah, I'm gonna go explore Madrid again today. I've got a really loose plan I want to see as much as possible in one day in Madrid, but also just make it really chilled So I'm just gonna walk around and see what I can find Okay, so it's about 20 minute walk to my first stop this way So this is Plaza Mayor, the number one thing to do here on TripAdvisor and I know nothing about it Well, I just got a coffee and it turns out this is Puerto del Sol, not Plaza Mayor Plaza Mayor is around the corner. So completely forget what I just said and now I'm gonna go there But this is another famous square that people come to Good thing I got on the Wi-Fi, otherwise I would have been talking rubbish By the way, they offer a lot of free walking tours here I thought about joining one and then you get loads of history about the area But for what I'm doing today, I need to stop and take photos and videos and stuff So it wouldn't be good for me But if you're here take a free walking tour and you just choose to pay a tip at the end This looks more like the photos I've seen. Yeah, this is Plaza Mayor Again I didn't really find much more information about it other than it's a big central square in Madrid I'm sure it does have a lot of history But it's mainly just a tourist attraction now I just spent the last 15 minutes in that little alleyway here Trying to get a photo, but I'm pretty happy with it. Check it out Anyway, now I'm gonna walk to the next place. There's a park I want to go visit which means I have to go that way That's a nice touch there. You can see the big sign saying refugees welcome It's nice in the world we're living in at the moment. It's nice to see that Anyway, I'm gonna go to the park So this is Parque de El Retiro and I know my pronunciation is awful by the way, but this is one of the biggest parks in Madrid and There's a very specific thing I want to see here Is basically what I wanted to see here I didn't actually know its name. I just saw a picture of it and thought it looked interesting so Job done. I think I'd be the worst tour guide ever Just point at things and say that's cool I like... birds I like swans Well, this looks like it should also be famous Palacio Cristo or Crystal Palace It's a 19th century building, but there's a modern art exhibition in there right now Just loads of sounds going on of breaking glass and ice thawing to give the illusion that the glass is breaking above you So yeah, it's quite interesting Fortunately, I wasn't allowed to film in there. That's why I'm telling you about it now But the security guard told me I can't film I think I'm done for now I'm gonna start walking back and see what I decide. Start walking back towards the hostel Just stumbled on this little market on the way back. Mercado de San Miguel, which looks nice, but crazy expensive It's one euro for one olive I'd rather eat in the hostel Back in the hostel now and just checked into a dorm so I can show you guys that as well Yeah, it seems nice too. Thank you to Mad4U hostel for setting all this up. I only took about 15 minutes walk from where I was to get back here. So it's pretty central as well I haven't got any public transport today. I've just been walking around But now I'm gonna chill out for a few hours. I'm gonna go out later tonight again But for now, I'm just gonna relax in the dorm And the last thing I'm doing in Madrid is I'm going to meet one of you guys Someone reached out on Instagram and said they live in Madrid. That's really loud And said that they live in Madrid and would you be up for meeting for a drink? So I'm going to meet them now and this is Javier. Hey man. Nice to meet you, dude Quick cheers Nice Really cool way to finish the last two days in Madrid. Back at Mad4U hostel now Thank you to them. Check them out if you're in Madrid. Next up will be Marrakesh Thank you for watching and this is my life