Hostal Lopez Madrid

... last time. At the Bar Pinnoxio, we left ourselves in the hands of the friendly old barista who brought us a delicious omelet with eggplant and a torta to go with the double espressos. We picked up jambon and manchego cheese for our lunch in Madrid.

Our hotel in Madrid, the Europa, was recommended by Chris' parents. The balcony on our room has a panoramic view of Puerta del ...

... however that is decided
upon.

From here, I visited another synagogue
before heading over to the Old-New Synagogue. An interesting name I
know. It came about when the Germans occupied Prague. The Germans
didn't read Hebrew (obviously) and when they heard the name of the
synagogue to them it sounded like German for Old-New and the name
stuck. The history of this synagogue is tremendous and it was an
experience to get to go in and have ...

... Plaza Mayor, and Chueca. We actually ate in a delicious Mexican restaurant (forget the name) but we shared some nachos with guacamole, make-your-own cheese quesadillas, and chicken fajitas. I went to class later that day, and planned to meet up with Jenny that evening. I met up with her as well as a few other high school friends and we went to a bar called Chocita Sueca where I had gone for my birthday-good place with cheaps drinks, relatively American atmosphere. We ...

... at Randalls, which was great! I must say salsa dancing isn't really my Forte (that dance will always be reserved for swing), but the salsa dancing I did in Graz at a nearby salsa bar definitely helped me prepare. I also danced with a Spanish man, which was an interesting experience, me not being able to speak much Spanish besides the basics. I've found that during trips like these, I actually miss German and whenever I hear German ...

... after so long in Asia. I think she was amused by the types of things we were so impressed by, such as: no smoking signs that people actually adhered to, no spitting on the underground, the formation of orderly queues, nobody shouting.... We landed in Madrid at about 1.30am. Amazingly we managed to navigate the Spanish metro to catch the last train of the night in order to reach our hotel. We were exhausted, we were sweaty, we were excited - we ...

MOOD: Tired but intent on getting this journal up to date DATE/TIME: Oct 2, 1:43am, Hotel Paraiso, Rm. 110, Ciudad Real The two big museums in Madrid, the Prado and Reina Sofia, are both free on weekends, with the latter free after 2:30. That's pretty astonishing to me. And since I love free, I planned to hit the Reina Sofia this day (Sept 30). But as I still had some time, I walked around Renife Park, which was really nice, especially the lake in the ...

... it is an English expression, and I would agree because songs here would say something like "oye" or "mira". Ask a Spanish person to write "ha ha ha" on something like "lol" on aim to indicate they are laughing, and they will right "ja ja ja"...so yes he was singing it in English, but only getting 2% of it right. Now I know what my Spanish friends are thinking when I sing Spanish songs by Marc Anthony even though I've never actually seen the words ...

... Barcelona by train....its so beautifull, Ï know, if you guys had $1 for everytime I called a place beautiful you guys could probably afford the plane ticket here, but this place is truly beautifull! It has small cobbled streets, tall,old buildings and a really old church on a small clifftop overlooking the ocean....the view is breathtaking,from one side you can look down into the ocean and see the rocks below, and from the other side ...