Finisterre Hotel Madrid

... During that time, I found two kittens that lived in the garden. I spent the next half hour randomly just following them around..missing my kitties back home :(.

I ended the day with a visit to another little market near the Prado. I didn't get anything there but it was tempting. They had a number of "struggling artists" there, selling their pieces...all of which were extremely unique. The styles produced by the amatuer artists was very ...

... and sweaty while Profesor Cantelli, the professor of the Core Course, was already talking. Turns out the air conditioning in the Aula Duke was broken, and it was 40 degrees Celcius in there! After sweating through his introduction to the course and a presentation by Profesor Ramos and Nuria about alcohol, they finally started giving us information about the trip to Andalucia tomorrow.

We are leaving at 9:00am on the dot ...

... entire center of of the square is under construction with high walls, so you can´t really see the whole square or anything. At this point I´m exhausted and my feet hurt, so I went back to the hostel for a nap and decided to leave Retiro Park for another day (maybe when Wiz and Rebeca come). I took about a fantastic two hour nap. I was careful not to sleep too long so that I could force my body to adjust to the time change. I got up and ...

... Por eso no me preocupa esta tendencia a la incontinencia psíquico-verbal. me da la vida. Volviendo al tema de este cuaderno de notas: No cesan de aparecer personas que vienen o van o están, parece que es un país de moda entre ciertos estereotipos. Lleva lustros siéndolo. Todos cuentan maravillas , dentro de la crudeza del día a día del lugar y de la escasez de comodidades/necesidades de sus gentes. Causantes de mi embriaguez mental. Ayer ...

... gre*t, I guess I now need 8 hours of community service under my belt or upon my *rriv*l b*ck to the US I will give up my freedom. I do need some sort of document*tion th*t I did Community service (COUGH COUGH) *ny suggestions let me know. L*st bitty, 3 d*ys *go I w*s w*shing my h*nds *nd poop c*me out of the f*ucet, poop. I *m not being * clown seriously th*nk G-D i didn't hop in the shower for * chocol*te rinse. Hey! At le*st the streets of B*rcelon* *re cle*n though *nd ...

... my life. It was a fried egg...dripping with oil, a slab of ham...dripping with oil, and a pile of french fries...dripping in oil. DELICIOUS!! After lunch, when my room was ready, I walked back to the hostel and took a nap while I waited for my sister to arrive. I awoke to a knock on the door-my sister had arrived! Now, I am in an internet cafe while my sister naps in our room. Tonight we will go out for tapas and explore the city. What an exciting day! More tomorrow!! Adios, Alexandra

... and we agreed to meet again on Saturday night to watch the Real Madrid game (he's a die hard fan) at some bar. We'll see how that goes. PS- Lauren, he might be the closest thing to a Diego Luna look-a-like that I get. I'll have to get a picture soon. My friends and I are planning on going on a trip next weekend but we don't know where yet. I'm so excited to start all the traveling! I'm planning on several trips around Spain mostly ...

June 3 - Madrid I have an overnight train to Vigo (on the north border between Spain and Portugal) tonight so I have the whole day in Madrid first. This is good, I can see the things I was meant to see on June 1st... the things I missed while getting my ipod looked at. So I slept in and checked out at the last possible moment (11.30). Then I walked down to the centre of town (about 25 mins) to see the Madrid's cathedral and royal palace. Yes, I am rather ...

... is central and quite cool. Wandered round the cty for a bit and bought some food to cook. Headed out for drinks at 7pm with some guys from the hostel, a Gay American, a Dutch Lesbian, a German girl and another British guy. Me and Andy, the Brit, came back to the hostel about 9.30 and I cooked Spaghetti Bolognaise which received quite a few compliments. We then headed out at 11 with a large group ...

Today was another early wake up as we had to reboard our bus for the drive back to Madrid. Before leaving, the entire group gathered in front of the bus for a group photo. Since we were such a small group compared to most Contiki tours, an "official" group photo was probably cancelled. We drove for most of the morning back to the capital, arriving in Madrid just before noon. We were finally back to where it all started almost 2 weeks earlier at the ...