A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Madrid, Spain by TravelPod blogger Beadledove titled “Yo habla Englais?”. TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Beadledove’s travel blog entry: “Hola! Yo Habla Englais? That was the phrase that I used most often in Madrid this past weekend. One quick witted airline clerk responded, “Poquito, yo habla Espana?” I responded, “Un poquito, poquito!” Not surprisingly, you can get by with a few words, phrases, smiles and gestures in almost any language. Arriving in Madrid at 9 am local time after our 10 hour flight from NYC, we were dragging. Our flight was delayed on the ground at JFK due to thunderstorms for three hours. Everyone was happy to escape the airplane upon arrival. A quick trip on the subway to central Madrid and a short taxi ride put us into our room at Hostal Triana, which occupies two of six floors of an old building a block from Plaza del Sol. Nap time for 4 hours. Friday evening we wandered around sampling tapas and wine and just checking out the scene in the immediate neighborhood. It is always a culture shock coming to Europe. The architecture, the layout and size of the streets, the people, the language all seen so very exotic. Every corner you turn is another monument or architectural masterpiece. We finished off the evening by attending “Ballet Flamenco Madrid”, an entertaining mix of Flamenco, modern dance and ballet. This took place across the small plaza from our room. The Hostal Triana is centrally …

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