Started off the second day going to grab coffee around the Sol area. Details found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/07/27/syra-coffee/

Then grabbed a light lunch around the the same area. Details found here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/07/26/restaurante-gloria-bendita-madrid/

Since we ate lunch outside, we noticed there were bird scooters across the street from us. Totally took advantage of that and headed towards a nearby park called Parque del Retiro. The scooters were a great way to get around and see the area (basically you go on the roads with them, but can still act like a pedestrian if you need to).

The park was a bit like Golden Gate park, but smaller. First place we stopped by was the Palacio de Cristal. Not a very functional a place (it’s clear all throughout, and only had one piece of artwork). After, went to a water park area called Embarcadero de El Retiro, which has a famous horse monument, Monumento a Alfonso XII. There was also a workout section of the park that had tennis courts, and various outdoor workout equipment.

In one section of the park there were wild life sized animals (humans inside) and a pikachu! Was not expecting that.

After the park, stopped by a church that was at the north entrance of the park called the Church of San Manuel and San Benito (not really a tourist church, but it was there), and Bang and Olufsen (played with a 24000 euro TV set up. It had an LG G2 oled attached to it, with simulated Atmos speakers. Cool kart about it is that it could move up and down).

Afterwards, we headed north to the Elviso area to grab dinner at a Paella place called Restaurante Casa Benigna. Can find those details here:

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2022/07/27/restaurante-casa-benigna/

After dinner, we just headed back to our AirBnb, but in style using bird scooters.