OT: Madrid question (most likely specific for Mike412 haha)

[121rum]

I'm going to Madrid the first week of September with my family and I'm hoping to catch the Real Madrid game while I'm there. I get there Sunday morning and the game is 9:30 that night against Betis (which is perfect because I just bought a Betis kit at Acrisure). I'm just confused about the ticket buying process as only VIP tickets are for sale online now and I've read that it might be best to just buy tickets at the stadium day of? Very confused.

Also if anyone(mike haha) has any suggestions for things to do around Madrid, I'd love to hear.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I'm going to Madrid the first week of September with my family and I'm hoping to catch the Real Madrid game while I'm there. I get there Sunday morning and the game is 9:30 that night against Betis (which is perfect because I just bought a Betis kit at Acrisure). I'm just confused about the ticket buying process as only VIP tickets are for sale online now and I've read that it might be best to just buy tickets at the stadium day of? Very confused.

Also if anyone(mike haha) has any suggestions for things to do around Madrid, I'd love to hear.

Ok you buried the leed. You bought a Betis kit? Was it the whole kit or just the jersey?

Say no to full kit wankers!

 

[mike412]

Okay, first I hate Madrid, the city, as well as Real Madrid, the team. So, I have no suggestions on what to do there. I was very disappointed with The Prado, which is the main museum there. The best thing about it is that the two other major art museums are within walking distance. When Spain got “Guernica” back from the MOMA in NY (Picasso had specified that it could not be returned to Spain as long as Franco and his followers remained in power), they didn’t put it in the Prado; they put it in one of the other museums. It would be like The Louvre putting the “Mona Lisa” in the Orangerie. I can’t even give you a restaurant we liked.

I can help with game tickets though, but I have to explain the situation. Like Barcelona, RM is owned by fans. I think over 90,000 own 1 share each. That ownership gives them the right to try to get season tickets. Try because there are more owners than seats.

So many owners don’t even get to buy tickets. However, some owners use their season tickets as a means to increase their income by selling them on the secondary market. My experience is that viagogo.es is the best source for such secondary markets. I just checked, and they currently have tickets for the Real Betis natch going from around $300 each to upwards of $800 each.

The stadium has just been remodeled. They are the defending La Liga and Champions League winner. They signed Mbappe. I don’t think those prices will drop.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I'm going to Madrid the first week of September with my family and I'm hoping to catch the Real Madrid game while I'm there. I get there Sunday morning and the game is 9:30 that night against Betis (which is perfect because I just bought a Betis kit at Acrisure). I'm just confused about the ticket buying process as only VIP tickets are for sale online now and I've read that it might be best to just buy tickets at the stadium day of? Very confused.

Also if anyone(mike haha) has any suggestions for things to do around Madrid, I'd love to hear.

Not trying to put a damper on things but Barcelona is having some problems with tourism right now. I read an article that mentioned other cities in the country are experiencing the same. So just a heads up.

Thinking of going to Barcelona? 'Better not,' tourists told

The organisers behind an anti-tourism protest don't think water pistols alone will change Barcelona's tourism model - but if it's enough to make some people stay away, that's fine by them.

news.sky.com

 

[121rum]

Ok you buried the leed. You bought a Betis kit? Was it the whole kit or just the jersey?

Say no to full kit wankers!

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Just the shirt, don't worry!

 

[121rum]

Okay, first I hate Madrid, the city, as well as Real Madrid, the team. So, I have no suggestions on what to do there. I was very disappointed with The Prado, which is the main museum there. The best thing about it is that the two other major art museums are within walking distance. When Spain got “Guernica” back from the MOMA in NY (Picasso had specified that it could not be returned to Spain as long as Franco and his followers remained in power), they didn’t put it in the Prado; they put it in one of the other museums. It would be like The Louvre putting the “Mona Lisa” in the Orangerie. I can’t even give you a restaurant we liked.

I can help with game tickets though, but I have to explain the situation. Like Barcelona, RM is owned by fans. I think over 90,000 own 1 share each. That ownership gives them the right to try to get season tickets. Try because there are more owners than seats.

So many owners don’t even get to buy tickets. However, some owners use their season tickets as a means to increase their income by selling them on the secondary market. My experience is that viagogo.es is the best source for such secondary markets. I just checked, and they currently have tickets for the Real Betis natch going from around $300 each to upwards of $800 each.

The stadium has just been remodeled. They are the defending La Liga and Champions League winner. They signed Mbappe. I don’t think those prices will drop.

Thanks for the help!

 

[LeftCoastPanther]

Prado is a must-see if you like Goya's paintings. I traveled from Austin in June to check off my bucket list seeing 'Dog,' 'Saturn Devouring His Sun' and 'The Colossus,' which isn't 100 percent confirmed to be painted by Goya but it sure looks like it—free entry after 5 or 6 p.m.

Picasso's painting is at Reyna Sophia.

Take the train to Toledo on your first full day in Spain. Walking in Toledo will get you into shape for the rest of your trip.

I wasn't wowed by the food either in Madrid.

 

[pitt90seven]

i swear that the people in madrid are extremely attractive. like a bunch of models walking around. like, the total opposite of paris (lot of uglies).

 

[noelr]

i loved madrid. the food the museums the palaces that awesome park. loved the flamenco dancing. felt like a real spanish city while barcelona felt international.

 

[121rum]

i swear that the people in madrid are extremely attractive. like a bunch of models walking around. like, the total opposite of paris (lot of uglies).

You know what's funny, I honestly noticed that about Warsaw too. Everyone was gorgeous.

 

[121rum]

Ended up going to the match, what an amazing experience, seeing Mbappe and Vini live was so awesome. I also fell in love with Madrid, such a gorgeous city

 

[Fk_Pitt]

i swear that the people in madrid are extremely attractive. like a bunch of models walking around. like, the total opposite of paris (lot of uglies).

If RFK would have been allowed to primary as he should have been, he’d have had the delegates and been the Dem nominee today…

And America would be one step closer to being healthy again and maybe our grandchildren would live in a city with people as attractive as Madrid.

😎😎😎😎

 

[mike412]

I sometimes sit on one of the public chairs scattered around the plaza our apartment is on for 30 minutes or so. I don’t count them but if I did I would estimate that at least 100 attractive women walk through that plaza in 30 minutes. Maybe more. I don’t really look at the men, but I’m sure there are just as many attractive men.

Amazingly, Barcelona has achieved this happy, healthy and attractive mix of people without a conspiracy-spouting anti-vaxer who has shamed his entire family as its mayor. The mayor is a woman who is a democratic socialist. Barcelona has not had any significant return of covid, which might have something to do with the fact that over 95% of the eligible population is vaccinated. (It’s a little under 90% overall in Spain because it’s lower in rural areas)

 

[121rum]

Also Mallorca was so gorgeous too, it was like Eden. Except for all the Germans everywhere for some reason

 

[Fk_Pitt]

I sometimes sit on one of the public chairs scattered around the plaza our apartment is on for 30 minutes or so. I don’t count them but if I did I would estimate that at least 100 attractive women walk through that plaza in 30 minutes. Maybe more. I don’t really look at the men, but I’m sure there are just as many attractive men.

Amazingly, Barcelona has achieved this happy, healthy and attractive mix of people without a conspiracy-spouting anti-vaxer who has shamed his entire family as its mayor. The mayor is a woman who is a democratic socialist. Barcelona has not had any significant return of covid, which might have something to do with the fact that over 95% of the eligible population is vaccinated. (It’s a little under 90% overall in Spain because it’s lower in rural areas)

What does vaccinations and families have to do with anything? What food processing companies are allowed to put in American foods is vastly different than many other western countries. Don’t get angry Mike. I’d have thought you’d want your country looking like your adopted country.