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Madrid - user Valentine - 05/07/2007
I have been living in Spain for more than a year (Barcelona, Madrid), but since I’m working for an American company, my Spanish is still at beginner level. Of course I can say ‘one-two-three’, ‘beer’ and ‘hello’, but I’m often confused in hotels and restaurants. The last few months in Madrid, I’ve been using XS2Madrid on my cell phone. Spanish people tend to react a little strange in the beginning, but they really appreciate your effort to get to know their language. Especially when going out with friends, we had a lot of fun with the fun & flirt sentences. The best thing is that you can add some phrases you use often to your ‘favorites’ section, and after a while, I started knowing them by heart. Besides that, the city guide provides some excellent reviews and insider tips about Madrid’s hotspots, restaurants and clubs, some of which cannot be found in the regular city guide books.

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Parque del Retiro     review Address Main entrance at the Plaza de la Independence, near the Alcalá Gate The Parque de Retiro (Park of the Pleasant Retreat) is a large and popular, seventeenth-century park, parts of which are very formal, others more natural. Within the park is the Estanque del Retiro, a large artificial lake, where you can rent a rowing boat. Around the lake are many puppet shows, street performers and fortune tellers, especially on Sundays when a lot of Madrileños enjoy the nature of the park. Next to the lake is the Mausoleum of Alfonso XII, featuring a semicircular colonnade and a statue of Alfonso on horseback on a tall pedestal. The few remaining buildings of an old palace house museum collections. Description:

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