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I have to go to Madrid this summer. Anything interesting to see over there? Not that I'll have a lot of free time but who the fuck knows.
By the way since I'm on the travel board I was wondering, for those of you who decided to move out and start over in a different cunt, especially those who lived in a first world country before moving out, why? It is something I could never understand. Like, I get it, maybe it's getting worse where you live and stuff but did you really believe it was going to be some sort of paradise where you moved? And what about your family? Don't you feel anything knowing that you left your family? Don't you ever feel lonely? Genuinely asking.
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>>2856491
>start over in a different cunt,
Fell into it when I was young and could never quite claw myself out, as my home cunt and all friends there had moved on. Literally didn't know where to begin, and feared being on the bottom rung, as had carved out a niche job for myself abroad.
Full of regret and 'what if' at times, sometimes after a few drinks. Hit me hard around 30, but now I've pulled out and am focusing on start a new life in my current country.
Took me living in 8 countries, huge amounts of fuck ups, burnt bridges, epic memories, and everything in between to fully reframe my mind.
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>>2856491
> Madrid
lived there for 2 years. 10/10 destination. Has some of the best food in the world, but you need to go searching for it. It's not centered around the main tourist hub in Puerta del Sol. Fuck i miss madrid.
>>2856526
both Prado and Reina Sofia. Prado has Las Meninas and the Goya collection. Reina Sofia has guernica.
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>>2856491
I'm on my second year living abroad, after several years traveling on and off. It's alright. I like my family and miss them a lot but it's all about tradeoff, because other than missing the relatively few people who are still in my city, everything is worse back home. High COL, shit weather, unfriendly people, extreme leftist tension (10 points if you guess where I'm from based on that).
I concede that it is a weird thing to do, going off to another country not because of economic necessity but because it's more fun or laidback or cheap or whatever. Kind of feels like shopping, picking out a new country and culture as you'd pick a new outfit. I respect way more my immigrant ancestors who came to the US in search of something better, but now that we have remote work and cheap flights, those calculations are different.