Dirty water, ruined shoes, sore muscles, the best coffee I’ve ever had, and the chance of severe rain that was the mix that I received when I went for the most amazing bicycle tour of Madrid with Suffolk University this morning. The group with Amy as our guide met at campus early this morning and made our way down to the Temple De Bod to meet the guides and the bikes that would become our own for the next few hours. On the way we stopped at a small coffee and churro place called Bar Martin on the corner of Calle de Tutor near the Temple De Bod. When we saw the bikes all of us immediately became a bit nervous, but also excited. Though many of us had ridden bikes in the states since we were young, we all initially had a difficult time on the cobble stone streets and busy traffic ways of the city, though we soon caught the hang of city bicycling. We were able to see so much of the city in only a few hours. From the Plaza de España, to the Plaza Mayor, Retiro Park and all the way through Chueca, it was an amazing day that will always stand out in my mind. We departed around 2 having ridden eight miles. Back at campus I was also lucky enough to find that i had received a care package from home this afternoon from my mom, filled with gluten free cookies, peanut butter bars, and a few more useful items. The day was amazing, and was perfectly suited to the days’ worth of cycling. There are several places in Madrid to rent bikes either for a few hours or for a full day in order to do a bit of aimless wandering through the intriguing streets of the city.
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