Not All Who Wander Are Lost......Except For Me

Tuesdays I don't have any class and so I decided every Tuesday I'm going to go to a different place in Madrid and explore! Just an Emily day of looking around the city and either seeing the main tourist attractions or finding things off the beaten path.

Today was my first day to explore! I woke up relatively early, feeling excited and sooo cool for just going off by myself to do my own thing and wander around the city.

I decided to go to El Templo de Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple that was rebuilt in Madrid.

Unfortunately, google maps turned out to be not so helpful, and I never made it to Debod. I walked around and found this arch thing...

It seemed big and temple-like, so I thought okay well I guess this is it! I sat for a while and looked at it, was a tad disappointed (which I was not willing to admit.. I didn't want a crappy first day of exploration!) and then peaced out because there was a ton of shopping in the area. (I know, I know... I chose shopping over a supposed temple...but the really cute coat I bought at Zara def made up for my lack of interest, right?)

Anyways, I got back home and googled Templo de Debod. Turns out to the left is what I was supposed to have seen. Google maps, why you gotta fail me like that?!? I have absolutely no idea what I ended up seeing but it definitely was NOT Debod.

So instead of my exploration day, I ended up seeing an arch in the middle of a road and going shopping.  Definitely not a day wasted, but not what I had in mind either.

Learned my lesson and next Tuesday will be try #2 for el Templo de Debod! Fingers crossed I can actually find it and not get distracted by clothing stores. :)

Muchas besitas!