Madrid!

Day 1

So we have finally made it to Spain! Yeah yeah yeah! The flight was 2 and half hours late, and Kendra found it impossible to sleep. We were fed dinner on the plane, which was decent. After sleeping/pretending to sleep, we awoke to a lovely breakfast. Two hours later, and we were in Madrid. Madrid has a really cool airport. It has a roof that is crazy curvy and colorful. It also was raining. So when you hear that the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain, that is a LIE! It falls mostly on tourists students from California…. We had our T&E guide, Marta, give us a walking tour of the city. We went to La Plaza de Espana, the Royal Palace, and the Cathedral right next to it. All were ridiculously huge and awesome! We then went to eat lunch, where we ate pizza! Yes, we know, that’s not really Spanish. After lunch, we went to the Museo del Prado. We were severely rained on while we were in line. We had no umbrellas. No. Bueno. This museum is gigantic! It has many of the original Spanish Masterpieces, like paintings and sculptures from Diego Velazques. This is where our tour guide… LEFT US. We had to find the hotel (as a group), all foreign to the streets of Madrid. We proceeded to walk around in circles, until we found the hotel. Tenemos muerte de hambre and we went with our Madrid roommate, Bernice to…get ready for it… McDonalds! They are so much nicer in Spain. There is a coffee shop and a few self order kiosks. We are finally getting used to using the Euro and coming to the realization that everything is way too expensive here. Earlier in the day, while in the Puerta del Sol, we saw the protest taking place! We were able to walk through the group of tent dwelling protesters and take photos. This is history in the making! :D The protesters want democracy and more jobs.  That night, we noticed that it doesn’t get dark until 10:30, which is really weird for us.

Day 2

 Kendra talks in her sleep. Sorry Michelle. We went to this really cute café para desayuno. We had fresh orange juice and coffee and jamon y huevos (Michelle) and croissant tostada (Kendra) with our roommate Bernice. We later found out that our hotel comes with free breakfast. Awesome. We met up with our profesora Angeles and her fiancé Phillip. They took our group to Museo Reina Sofia. There, they have original works from Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. We ate lunch before we went inside, and she paid!! Yay! That was the first time we had tapas. We then went to a giant park that had a lake with boats! After, we took Madrid’s Metro (Kendra’s first time in a subway!!) It is around 8pm and we are going off by ourselves to another museo and to eat more tapas. Then we will get ice cream. Parents calm down. It is not dark outside and we have a buddy system! :D Avila y Salamanca tomorrow!

By the way, we paid 2 euro for an hour of WiFi. The things we do for you. Also, we wanted to add photos, but the internet won't let us for some reason...

Hasta Luego

Eurosisters K&M