Adios, Madrid =(

If you are reading this, I am no longer in Madrid. Nat & I officially left 7 days ago, on May 24th, and the adjustment to VT has been hard, to put it gently. He dejado parte de mi alma allí y te prometo que regresaremos.

Deseo

Bar or Club? bar with space to dance
Location: c/ Echegaray, 13
Metro: Sevilla
Pros: they have Carlsberg, great music, good mix of Spanish music and mainstream remixes, free chupitos (like a mini tequila sunrise), 2 bars, awesome staff, dartboard!, cheap drinks (2-for-9 on weekdays, 2-for-10 cocktails on weekends, beer for 3 euro), space to sit, big screen that plays music or concert vids, terrific vibe, Raúl makes a mean mojito
Cons: weirdly crowded on Mondays, crowded on weekends, crowd can be a little young

Drinks to Order: mojito, Tanqueray & tonic, bourbon & Sprite or ginger ale, caramel vodka & vanilla batido, Eristoff black & manzana, Alto del Carmen & ginger ale, gin & melocotón
Drinks to Avoid: piña colada

Random fact: One bar is called "Odio". And South America is sufficiently represented.

Verdict: um, 10!

Las Cuevas de Sesamo

Bar or Club? bar
Location: c/ Príncipe, 7
Metro: Sevilla
Pros: sangría, sangría, sangría (oh yeah, and cool decor)
Cons: smoky, crowded, really hot, hard to find (entrance is inside a building, bar is in the basement)

Drinks to Order: sangría, sangría, sangría
Drinks to Avoid: we're not sure they have anything else

Random fact: They have quotes painted on the wall. (And it's actually a lot like a cave.)

Verdict: 6.1

Black Jack

Bar or Club? bar/discoteca (partnered with bars Hamlet and Mikonos -- both on same street)
Location: c/ Príncipe, 11
Metro: Sevilla
Pros: 2 floors, 2 diff. styles of music (techno-type downstairs, Latin flavor upstairs), open every day, open til 6
Cons: drinks 8 euro

Drinks to Order: Martini con limón, gin & tonic
Drinks to Avoid: got nothin.

Random fact: We met someone named Bongo there.

Verdict: 5.3

Vektrum (Sala Flamingo)

Bar or Club? club
Location: c/ Mesoneros Romanos, 13 (right off Gran Vía)
Metro: Callao
Pros: open til 5am, free entrance til 2am, free entrance after 2am with VIP card, different than other clubs we've been to, electronica/house music
Cons: only open on Thursdays, drinks 8-10 euro, pretty empty even after 2am

Drinks to Order: got nothin.
Drinks to Avoid: got nothin.

Random fact: There are 3 other clubs that share the same space (Sala Flamingo)-- one is electropop/rockotrónica, one is 70's/prehistoric (whatever that means...) and one is reminiscent of the 60's.

Verdict: We really weren't there long enough to give a verdict.