Confortel Alcala Norte Madrid

... wear a neck brace for 4 weeks. Pretty intense game!<br><br>Saturday night we went to this huge club in Madrid called Kapital. It is 7 floors and each floor has a different type of dance music and bar. Pretty cool place, but you can get lost sooo easily. A lot of kids from school came so it was really fun to mingle. <br><br>Sunday I went for paella at Julia's house. Although I had no idea how to eat the crayfish and the shrimp without using my hands it was ...

... Spanish culture so far is the completely different drinking culture from what I am used to in the US. At Duke, people basically seem to drink with the sole intention of getting as drunk as possible as quickly as possible, which means that mostly people take shots of hard liquor in one gulp. Here, drinking is a pasttime and a way to enjoy yourself, meaning lots of little glasses of wine and beer, or small, weak mixed drinks. It's so nice to be able to go out and just sit with a bottle of ...

... extremely vigilent as I have heard many horror stories from fellow travellers who have lost passports, credit cards and many Euros to pickpockets. I now where my backpack on the front whenever I travel in a crowded area. That is all I have to say on my adventures in Madrid, for now. I will follow up this entry with my day trips from Madrid to the enchanting medevil towns of Segovia and Toledo. I miss you all, but am having an awesome time and meeting lots of fellow travellers..

... 45 den Bus von Alicante genommen und dann versucht auf der Fahrt zu schlafen, was effektiv vielleicht 1 Stunde geklappt hat. Wir kamen also 6:00 morgens völlig übermüdet an und es war auch ziemlich kalt. Dann sind wir gleich in die Metro und an der Haltestelle raus wo unser Hostel sein sollte. Das haben wir zum Glück auch recht schnell gefunden, aber auf dem Weg dort hin fing es an zu REGNEN. Im ...

... could barely move there were so many people. It was ridiculously crowded but too much fun to miss. Acrobats juggled, beautiful women belly-danced, "court jesters" cracked jokes and purposely wreaked havoc, and knights in armor jousted. It was mad, it was fun, it was a total accident that we found it, even though it was enormous. The mulled wine made us a bit weak at the knees as well as the soft loaves of bread being baked in an outdoor stone oven. The line ...

... in years, and it was really fun to get out there. There definitely was widely varying skills levels -- some of the girls had never played before. We were not very good -- won our first set in our first game, but then lost everything else. Oh well. It was fun to watch everyone else. We played the tournament out at the Real Madrid Training fields, which was a pretty cool facility. The teams were all in groups, and then the top two teams of each ...

... enjoy Madrid and it's climate, work is pretty OK at the moment, I have got a few good friends, and most importantly, I have met someone pretty special to me (as you may have seen). So I will probably stay for a while. Not having been able to put aside enough money, also kind of limit my movements. I'll blame it all on the world class nightlife here in Madrid.

... we wandered around the streets after catching up on some sleep and then went to see x-men 3 in what we thought might be in english with spanish subtitles, as it turns out it was all in spanish! I was still able to follow it somewhat because it is an action film, but I will definitely have to see it again when I get home. Today we took a daytrip to the town of Segovia to see Kevin´s host parents when he came ...

... in a caravan park, so yes we´re trailer trash!!!No more dodgy security guards thank goodness. Head off to the french riviera tomorrow then into italy and on to athens. Wont call anyone cause my phone card which was $20 US just got chewed up, too expensive. emails will suffice, i dont have a nice phone voice anyway. Kate is wonderful and sends lots of hugs and kisses. Ñow all of you start telling me whats been going on!! love you lollie heads xxoxxoxox

... to take people to their desired locations. The ride to the hotel was about 20 minutes and cost us 28 euros, 35 including tip. The weather today was warm and sunny. I think it was around 75 degrees. I'm not sure because wherever they displayed the temperature, it was shown in degrees Celsius. One of these days I'm going to have to learn the Fahrenheit-Celsius conversion. We got to the hotel between 6 and 6:30. Once we checked-in, we were immediately met by Colin ...