RC Miguel Angel Madrid

... and other surrialist and cubist artists. After that museum we decided to go to the Arcitecture museum, mostly becasue it was close and free but it turned out to be pretty interesting. We saw lots of little models of perspective buildings.

That night we went to go see a Flamenco performance. We signed up with our hostel and went as a group. This was definately not a flashy¨"touristy" performance, there was one ...

... to say no! We aren't having sugar drinks at servo stops or dinner, and snacks are museli bars not ice cream or chips. I don't think the europeans do a lot of "diet" products..so tonight I am going to try and leave half of what is served....will let you know how that went!
After breakfast we all hopped on board the bus at 8am, and got ready for a long drive to Madrid. We were going via Burgos, a lovely little town than has a really nice Church. It was an hour before we hit really ...

... excited to be returning to Spain again - I actually had goosebumps! The nicest thing about flying to Spain is the beautiful Spanish flight attendants. As I boarded the plane, a flight attendant smiled at me and said "Hola". "Wow ..." I thought to myself. The I looked to her immediate right, where another flight attendant also said "Hola". "Wow ... " I thought to myself, "... she's even cuter than the first one. I could die a happy man ...

So the last few days have been great. Although i for sure have lung cancer from the mass smoking here i have managed to buy 10 new pairs of shoes which all fit in my backpack=woooo hoo==, became a Madrid soccer fan and learned how to eat tapas and drink sangria like a local. Madrid has been really fun and I have met some great friends along the way. The huge ...

well madrid, the place everyone told us not to bother with. it was just a big city, not much to see, might as well just stay in barcelona they said. well i suppose ´they´were half right. we took a wonderful spanish train (wonderful minus the stinky guy sitting next to colleen, and the lack of leg space) that had tvs and everything. im telling you our trip on this train in second class was nicer than viarail first class x1000. we got ...

... you say???..., man you suck. How long have you lived here in Madrid? More than two months and you still haven't been to a game??? Man, that's really sad. I haven't had a decent break from work in a while, but now I had the opportunity. So when I got a ticket to the game there was no questions about it. I had to go. Money was no object". He goes on and on, and it actually sounds like it means the world to him. "So when is the game?" "Tomorrow ...

So, we went back to Madrid for a few days before heading to South Africa. We did a city tour with Vision Madrid, a hop on hop off type of thing, and just hung out at the hostel. We were supposed to get on a plane around midnight on the 20th but we got bumped off, along with a sweet girl we met from Portugal & South Africa who was on her way to Joburg to celebrate her 18th birthday with her dad. At first we were ******, but then found out they ...