<p>Where should I go?</p>
<p>I thought this was going to be a Barcelona vs Real Madrid thread.</p>
<p>^There should be a West Egg vs. East Egg type of thread.</p>
<p>Messi > Ronaldo. But </p>
<p>Lol. Barcelona or Madrid? If only I had the luxury of choosing. :(</p>
<p>Barcelona all the way.</p>
<p>My votes for Madrid. I got to go my freshman year of high school and it was AMAZING. They have the art triangle (three of the best art museums in the world (Prado, Thyssen, and Reina Sophia) I saw Guernica, a Picasso, up close it was absolutely breath taking! They have a royal garden which was gorgeous. There’s also Plaza Mayor which is a square with performers and open air cafes, the food is completely different from typical American food (however I did get a mc pollo at the airport), but delicious and fresh. There’s an open air market called the Rastro where I got a bed coverlet that was handmade. The only bad part was the smoking-which you’ll get in most parts of Europe, but they have passed some no-smoking laws so it should be much better. You can walk almost everywhere and a lot of museums have free days for visitors from other countries. I fell in LOVE with Madrid!</p>
<p>If you have any questions I’d be happy to answer them. ( :</p>
<p>Aragon vs. Castile</p>
<p>The Medieval Spanish Showdown.</p>
<p>^Aragon all the way.</p>
<p>If you’re going in the summer, I would choose Barcelona. I’ve been to both within a few days of each other. *Mercat de la Boquiera<a href=“an%20open%20market”>/i</a> is just remarkable. Tapas bars around Barcelona are generally good as well, better than in Madrid. Plus, beaches. </p>
<p>Madrid is still very nice. During my stay I ended up running in the beautiful morning hours around some park (whose name escapes me currently). Strangely enough it doesn’t seem as hectic, and I enjoyed the museums in Madrid more. But I think it’d be hard not to enjoy either city, so the choice is truly yours.</p>
<p>Jsyk they speak a different form of spanish in barcelona than madrid, we learn the madrid spanish in america so don’t forget to factor that in. When i went to barcelona with my school i could even find a bathroom because they don’t us bano.</p>
<p>^Yea, in Barcelona they speak Catalan, while Madrid speak Castilian.</p>
<p>Hala Madrid. They have a cooler soccer team and they speak real Spanish, not some weird spanish mumbojumbo variant.</p>
<p>^What! If you’re American, I hope you know Americans don’t speak the real English they speak, “some weird English mumbojumbo variant”. </p>
<p>And no one in Spain speaks “Spanish” per se, its either named by the region in Spain you live in. Much like the UK (Wales, England, etc).</p>
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<p>this. Barcelona > Real Madrid</p>
<p>sorry. I am not much help. :p</p>
<p>Barcelona is so much better (Soccer wise). They rape in the euro league.</p>
<p>I just got back yesterday from a 10-day trip to Spain and it was amazing. I can’t tell you much about Barcelona because we didn’t go there but Madrid was so freakin sweet. There’s so much stuff to do in the city. But be aware, in Spain the whole “pedestrians have the right of way” rule does not apply so just wait until the little sign tells you to cross.
If you have any questions about stuff there ask me while it’s all still fresh in my head, we did a lot of other stuff in a lot of other cities so it’s all kinda jumbled up right now</p>
<p>Well I’m going to Barcelona this summer. So I may be able to add to what the poster above me said.</p>
<p>Technically it’s called dialects…so yea…In America we commonly learn the castilian dialect, or something very very similar. When compared to Catalan Castilian is totally different. Like when I tried to ask where the bathroom is(Donde esta el bano) the cashier started to laugh because they use lavabo not bano</p>