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A week of Madrid's heat, Segovia, Arctic Monkeys and the Zoo!

Second week of July and all I can say is that they weren’t kidding when they said Madrid summers get HOT. With 100 degree weather each day and no A/C in our apartment I can definitely say I’m having the full Madrid experience. That being said, after being away in Sicily for four days it has still been nice to be back in Madrid and able to spend more time exploring the city in our last full week!

On Monday and Tuesday I spent some time outside reading and redecorating the porch area by my window in our apartment. Then on Wednesday we went to the Madrid Zoo Aquarium! The Zoo was pretty cool, I haven’t been to a Zoo in a while and there were many fun animals for us to see. On Thursday we visited La Gatoteca. La Gatoteca is a cat cafe where you can play with cats while having a glass of tea or coffee, and all of the cats are adoptable! These cats were very cute although definitely a little sleepy from all of the social contact.

On Saturday we had a day trip with our program to Segovia. The weather was not too warm (amazing) and Segovia was a super cute city! We had a walking tour where we saw the aqueducts, Alcazar, Cathedral and Plaza Mayor of Segovia. At the end of our walking tour we climbed 152 stairs to get to the top of the Alcazar and have a birds eye view of the whole city. Afterwards we got lunch and then bussed to La Granja de San IIdefonso, a famous garden in Segovia outside the palace. We were able to watch the fountain show before catching a bus ride back to Madrid.

On Sunday my parents were in town for the morning, so I got brunch with them and then met up with friends to go to the El Rastro Flea Market. I bought a few gifts for friends from home and a fun sweater vest to wear to the Harry Styles concert this Friday! Finally, last night a couple friends and I went to see the Arctic Monkeys play in the WiZink center in Madrid and it was amazing!! The venue was pretty small and we were on the floor, so we got pretty close to the band which was cool. My favorite of their song performances had to be “Do I Wanna Know?” and “Fluorescent Adolescent.”

Can’t wait to update y’all on my last week in Madrid!

Lauren Niss

Biomedical Engineering

CEA Engineering in Madrid

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