Plaza de Mayor is where it all happens with youngsters breaking out into spontaneous song, sports enthusiasts shouting there support and much laughter and chatter amongst the sidewalk eateries.
Most exciting of all, though, was being caught up in the Patron Saint of Madrid celebration, the Festival of Isidiro, in which I almost managed to get my bull run in...
Madrid's version of Buckingham Palace was impressive too as were all their beautifully decorated buildings.
Later that night after a very Spanish dinner of paella in the plaza we were, again, caught up amidst chaos but this time in a rather intimidating demonstration put on by 1000's of students in protest to their uni cuts. There was a huge police presence with TV news camera's and helicopters buzzing around, and fortunately, we never got arrested for being part of it all.
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