Huespedes Marisol Madrid

... are some very famous spanish dishes that I had no idea what was in them.

After class I headed to the corte-ingles for some grocery shopping. This building is crazy. They sell everything! Its 7 floors and like nordstroms with super stop and shop and they have a phone center and a food court, its sooo big. I was on a mission for hummus, but I could not find it anywhere. They have like 4 deli meat cutting sections as Spanish loooovee their meat. It was ...

Today we found an internet cafe, which was a promising start to the day.

After that, we toured east Madrid – Fuente de Cibeles; Puerta de Alcala, which was quite impressive; and the Prado museum, which wasn't.

We then had lunch at Vitamina again, before taking a leisurely stroll through the Parque de el Retiro, where there were two main highlights. The first was the lovely ...

... before, but it didn't work out. Nevertheless, he stumbled into Farber and Mimi, and decided tomorrow was going to be a picnic in Parque del Retiro with Doogan and I. I took the 15-minute yog (as in jog or yogging-soft J) into the park as my regular cardio exerice. After the brisk run, I found Mimi and Farber, pleasantly sitting about a blanket with a food spread of sliced salchicha (sausage), olives (ew! the worst!), manchengo cheese, onion ...

... since im only living off the cash that my mum and dad have sent me, but they had sizzling garlic prawns and all sorts of yummy seafood delights. I just drank more sangria. After the tapas bar we headed back and hung out at the bar in the hostel for a while, and then I decided I was hungry and so Kristian and I went to find some cheap food, we ended up opting for a Kebab (again, very Spanish) and wandering around the central part of the city till 2am when we decided that it ...

... a picnic. Finally, my time to go the inside of the Alhambra. It's pretty neat. The scale of this one is larger than the one on Cordoba thou and it's in better condition. There are a lot of elaborate Islamic carvings throughout the fortress. There are MANY prayer rooms that point to Mecca so that you can easily fulfill your duty of praying to Mecca three times a day. That's work I tell ya. After the interior, I slowly walk through the gardens and make my ...

Hey people!!! OK . the first destination of my travels, i better get used to this place as i will be coming back here another two times!! Met up with the mother and Derek (free accommodation) Thank you!!! Went to the usual places . Santiago Bernabeu, the Palace,Cibeles Fountain(the fountain Real Madrid celebrate all ...

... hot chocolate, the food (as described to you above) is much tastier, fresher, healthier...all around better for you. So u see urbanite old ladies that are in their 90s and thats pretty normal. Long tasty lives they have here. People also walk more. I know Bostonians walk lots, but it ain't no thang compared to these people. The city is HUGE. For example, Luz Helena has an apointment on Sat at 8:30am and the metro stop is about 5 min from her house. She tells me this morning, I ...

... clothes and sunnies still in tact, but I did see three other aussie chicks who had ALL there clothes completely ripped off with nothing to wear back on the train into the city. After the tomato fight they had different areas playing music and big hoses to wash everyone off, was such a fun day one of the best festivals Ive been to. The next day we headed to Barcelona, here we went to Gaudis eccentric garden that he built and La Sagrada Familia a half ...

... bill came to less than 45 euros. Recommended locales: Casa Montaña Calle Jose Benlliure, 69 Canyamelar, Cabanyal, Valencia Tel: 963 672 314 www.emilianobodega.com Wine and tapas for 2: € 30 Restaurante La Pepica Playa de Valencia www.lapepica.com Paella for 2 with wine, salad & dessert: € 60 Meson L'Entrepà Calle Jose Benlliure, 117 Tel: 96 355 54 32 www.netroweb.lanetro.com/lentrepa Lunch for 2 with wine, salad & dessert: €45 copyright Jane McPherson All rights reserved.

... has blue flowers and is particularly beautiful to us, because we had never seen one before. We also see blooming mimosa and gorse. Magnolias are in bloom. We also see small fields of sweet corn, which we didn't expect in Europe and northern Africa; the corn is tasseled and close to being ready to pick. There were also large asparagus farms. The next stop is Granada (the word means Pomegranate). The highlight of Granada is the Alhambra, the medieval palace built by the Muslims ...