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1. Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain.
2. The city has many interesting neighborhoods called barrios and choosing one to visit is a daunting task.
3. One of the most crowded yet most celebrated areas is the famous triangle of art.
4. The Prado, the Reina Sophía, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museums make up the triangle.
5. The Prado contains artists of Spain’s Golden Age of art and includes works by Velázquez, El Greco, and Goya.
6. The Reina Sophía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza contain more modern works.
7. Madrileños, the people of Madrid, are highly social and live, as they say, their lives in the street.
8. They usually have a light breakfast of coffee and a pastry or sometimes they have no breakfast at all.
9. The Spanish eat their main meal at midday, usually between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.
10. After the meal, the Madrileños take a nap called a siesta and during this time many shops and stores are closed.
11. After the siesta, many have a light snack and some have to return to work yet others hit the streets for an evening stroll called a paseo.
12. The Madrileños have cena, the evening meal, between 9 and 10:30 at night but unlike our dinners, their cena is quite light and refreshing.
13. On the weekends, Madrileños will often go dancing at a disco until 6 in the morning but usually only the young people last that long.
14. When they leave the disco, Madrileños often stop for churros and hot chocolate for without this early morning snack, they might not have the energy to return home to sleep.
15. A churro is deep fried dough and is similar to a funnel cake but there is nothing like Spanish hot chocolate, for it is like a hot melted chocolate pudding.