I was actually pretty wiped out today and tried very hard not to do things. Went for a run and then did nothing but walk the Gan Via, which is the Champs-Élysées (or the 5th Avenue if one prefers) of Madrid. And didn't do much there.
I didn't take my picture in front of the iconic "bear and strawberry tree" statue that replicates the central component of the coat of arms of Madrid and which I thought made no sense, but it turns out there is such thing as a strawberry tree.
lI didn't ask the guy dressed as Bart from the Simpsons if he realized that he was diminishing the rich, unique cultural heritage of Spain and was contributing to an increasingly homogenized global popular culture.
Not a chance I went in here.
I did not ask why Madrid's chain of stores that sells pork products is called the "Museum of Ham," nor why another chain called "Hot Dogs and More" really basically just sells hot dogs.
And on a related topic, here's what traffic circles look like in Madrid. America, what you got?
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