This morning I got to breakfast late so I bought "un refresco de melocotón" which apparently means peach to spaniards rather than your regular "durazno". Today the Granada group had a free day because the Madrid people had stuff to do so we went to El Museo el Prado. We saw it cost 8 euros to get in and we figured we would rather wait until 6pm to get in for free. In the mean time we went to el parque de retiro which was rather lovely. Unfortunately when we got back to el Museo the line was so long we couldn't see the end of it, thus a few of us girls went walking around instead. We walked to la Playa del Sol which is more of a plaza then a playa considering there are a ton of shops and NO shore... or body of water for that matter. The Granada group is wonderful and the girls I met today are great:)
The architecture in Playa del Sol is amazing. You can see the difference instantly. I took pictures and as soon as I figure out how to load them on to this bloggy thingy I will do so:)
after dinner(which ends at 10pm) I came up to my room checked my facebook and went out at 11pm with some friends to plaza mayor. THANKFULLY the friends I have made are not like the rest and thus don't tend to go out clubbin' or drinking late. Instead, we went to have coffee and churros con chocolate at la chocolatería en plaza Mayor. There was one guy with us which gave me a bit of peace cus there are creepers here. It is generally safe as long as you are not by yourself and the bigger the group the better as long as it's not so big that you forget who is there and who isn't. We got back at 1:40am which is normal here and everyone was still up and running like nothing. When I got to the dorms we were chatting and I was super startled when someone came behind me and friggin scared the life out of me. MARCELA! Because of personal emergency she came tonight and she surprised me in the lobby:) so happy she got here safely. So far I love every one here and the area. I leave for Granada Friday morning. Can't wait!
Things I learned today:
6. There really are not that many spaniards in Madrid
7. El museo el Prado get PACKED after 6pm cus it's free
8. Ice cream cones are really long
9. If you live in Nor-cal you say "hella" every other word
10. there is no spaniard that doesn't say "vale" after every sentence
ahhh love playa del sol...I spent a lot of time there. and El Museo Del Prado is too big to even see it in one visit. however, if you do get a chance to go, check out Las Meninas by Velazquez nothing short of amazing.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be saying "vale, vale" after every sentence in about three weeks.
ReplyDeleteI find it funny you had to go all the way to Spain to find out about the crazy NorCals (or NoCal as i like to call them).
ReplyDeleteHaha, love that sense of humour!! I can totally hear you speak... :)
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