Best Western Arosa Hotel Madrid

... the hostel until about noon, then set out... all of a sudden there were fighter jets flying overhead, plus biplanes and helicopters. WTF? We continued towards the main square and saw tons of police--what´s going on? We finally asked and felt pretty stupid not knowing it was the national holiday, or that the big parade just ended at noon! Not to mention the 4 days before were full of fesitivites... yet another missed festival.
But the nice thing about a holiday is ...

... happy to let me do the talking and get us along on our way. Even though I don't speak French, I'm still the de-facto translator for the group. For dinner, we decided to go to Plaza Mayor and get some nice tapas. We had some calamares, croquetas y paella. It was nice to sit at the plaza and just watch all the people nearby and listen to the music of the buskers. After dinner, we only took two steps when the Chinese masseuses came up to us and guided us to their chairs in the plaza for ...

... a runway in Milan or Paris. Three out of four were brunettes, and four out of four were all naturally beautiful. Air Comet - I will DEFINITELY fly your friendly skies again! I ordered an OJ and was shortchanged 50 cents by the exotic brunette. I didn't argue. I only nodded, smiled, and drooled, like a man that had just walked out of a lobotomy operation. No complaints, only goosebumps. I tried speaking Spanish but she shut down my ...

... ridiculously strong drinks. Definitely made for a memorable night. spent all of today travelling from madrid to san sabastien. spent almost 2 hours looking for our hostel. city looks ok. busy...sooo busy. its a sunday night and ive never seen so many people. everyone is out, decked to the nines and standing around. apparently its nice enough to go swimming, so maybe we´ll test it out tomorrow. ta ta for now... much love ange and colleen.

... sentiment of the smaller norther towns with its laneway quarters, tall, ornate architecture and smell of cigars, though with 5 million inhabitants, the place is indeed just another big city. We were told by skippy that the place is notorious for parks full of prostitutes going for a very competitive rate, as well as significant petty crime that grew with the break down of the borders for the formation of the European Union. Now, i don´t ...

Once again I find myself in the beautiful city of Madrid. This time I have planned to stay overnight too so I take advantage of that and take a tour through the fantastic sites! Beeing in Madrid after 4 months in Latinoamerica is, as you can imagine, a cultural shock for me... too stressy, to hectic and fast, and everything too damn organised!!!