Hostal Miralva Madrid

Day One (March 15th): Hola! Como estas? Estoy muy bien aqui en Madrid. Okay this is as far as I will go with my Spanish. When I had finally arrived in Madrid, I was ecstatic! After claiming my baggage I was excited to use my espanol and confidently asked the lady in the info booth, 'Donde esta metro estacion?', she glanced at me with a disturbed look and replied,'down to your right.' Man, how did she know I didn't speak Spanish? While waiting for the subway, I started mingling with the madri...

"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see." -G.K. Chesterton Day One (March 15th): Hola! Como estas? Estoy muy bien aqui en Madrid. Okay this is as far as I will go with my Spanish. When I had finally arrived in Madrid, I was ecstatic! After claiming my baggage I was excited to use my espanol and confidently asked the lady in the info booth, 'Donde esta metro estacion?', she glanced at me with a disturbed look and replied,'down to your right.' Man, how did she ...

"I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums." -Stephen Wright Day Two (March 16th): When I finally woke up, I ate my delicious free breakfast. Then I started planning for my exciting day. I decided to visit the Museo del Prado first. This highly-acclaimed art museum is one of the most-visited attractions in Madrid, summoning the attention of lovers of great art from around the world with its expansive collection of a variety o...

"When it comes to foreign food, the less authentic the better." -Gerald Nachman Day Three (March 17th): After my sleepless night, I woke up and ate my wonderful free breakfast. Then I talked to one of the tourists that I lived with and she told me about how nice her visit to the Royal Palace was. So I decided I would visit the The Palacio Real or Royal Palace. It is the largest and certainly one of the most impressive palaces in Europe. It has more than 2000 luxuriously decorated rooms, 50 of...

Day Four (March 18th): Today I slept in longer because I wasn't planning on doing anything important today except maybe some sight seeing around Madrid. I skipped breakfast (now I know why it was free) and headed out to meet up with my new amigas. We wandered around the city for a couple of hours. I took a lot of pictures that I can show off to my family and friends at home. I also bought a phone card so that I can call my best friend Melissa (she is traveling in Costa Rica). My amigas and I ...

"Without music, life would be a mistake." -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Day Five (March 19th): I woke up extra extra extra early and started planning a one day trip to Barcelona! I have always wanted to go there. I was most excited for the soccer game I would be attending in the later afternoon (FC Barcelona vs. Valencia FC)! I ended up leaving the Atocha train station in Madrid at 7:00 A.M. (I actually made it on time!). Five hours later, we arrived in Barcelona. The train was surprisingly co...

Day Six (March 20th): FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Today I awoke crying and realizing that this is my last full day in Spain. So I knew I would have to make the most out of it! Even though this trip was a blast, I still felt a little homesick. I missed my brothers (I never knew I would write that!) and my good friends. So the first thing I did was call my spaghetti brunette haired friend, Melissa. She told me she was having a blast down in Costa Rica with all the cute guys. She also said that James F...

Madrid: Museo del Prado, Reiner Sophia, Plasa Mayor, Grand Via, St Peter Cathedral....