Madrid
Friday March 11-13th, 2011
Our hostel in Madrid was located right in the heart of the city, Sol. The first day we were there we wandered around, doing a little shopping here and there and began to get our bearings. The next day we went over to the Reigna Sofia museum where we saw lots of modern art including some paintings by Pablo Picasso. The museum was huge and I got lost from the group for an hour wandering by myself, entranced by the paintings on display. Tired from our travels, we went back to the hostel to take a siesta before dinner. We found an awesome tapas bar right night to our hostel and had a delicious meal of pallae, garlic shrimp, calamari and sangria.
We spent most of our time in Madrid wandering the streets, eager to see what we would stumble upon. We found a lovely park with a man-made lake in the middle, perfect for paddle boating. While we were at the park it started sprinkling so we booked it home since none of us brought umbrellas on spring break!
My friend from high school, Tommy, who is studying in Madrid, told us about this market that we had to go to. It is the biggest outdoor market in Europe and had things from fur coats to DVDs. We pushed our way through the hoards of people, bought yummy meals, and my roommate even ended up purchasing a beautiful fur coat!
That night we went to a club Tommy recommended called Kapital. The club is seven stories and has a different type of dance music on each level. It was insane, and naturally being the wanderer I am, I got lost and failed to find my friends until I got back to the hostel at 6 am. Needless to say, we slept in late the next day..


