Hotel Los Canchos Madrid

... consisted of cabbage, pork beans, and potatoes in a broth. The stew honestly did not look very appetizing, but was surprisingly very tasty! The meat dish was good, but nothing special. After a good meal, I headed off to Parque de la Montana to see the Egyptian temple, Templo de Debod, and catch the sunset over Madrid.

After about 10 minutes of walking, I began to hear a faint noise in the distance and noticed people walking in the direction of the noise. I became ...

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 The next morning was a struggle for my brothers and I to wake up. However, after several times of turning off our alarms, and not wanting to wake up, we finally got up, got our things together, showered, and left our luggage in the Hostel for the day even though Antonio was nice enough to offer for us to keep our stuff at his place. We got our things and then walked around for a bit, back to ...

... beer at the movie theater, so I got to drink a Heineken out of a Coca-Cola cup through a straw...lol v. weird. On a similiar note, the drinking culture is v. different here in Madrid; since the drinking age is 18, they even have beer in the pop machines in the college dorms! The nightlife here runs on a MUCH later schedule; for botellon (aka pre-gaming) people go and drink in parks,/plazas/random streets from 12-1:30 am (and i'm convinced that ...

... us a lot of Spanish history, showed us churches, monasteries, the old royal palace, cathedrals, old ruins, squares, statues and all sorts of bits and pieces. We stopped in a brilliant tapas bar, where the menu is these small dinner rolls filled with 100 choices of fillings. The way that you order is quite easy, you get a piece of paper with the different choices on it, you put the number required next to the corresponding tapa that you want, you choose your drink, then you take ...

... and warmth. Not to mention her fluency with English, and her daft notion that australians are exotic. Donīt anyone correct her. I havenīt dircetly mentioend football yet. Each time Spain laced up its boots and took to the field, the seething bustle of Madrid froze. More; it dissipated. The streets were suddenly empty. One day, walking to a friendīs house, i wondered if i would know is a goal was scored. Seconds later i found out when a roar like the ocean echoed ...

... their enormous set lunch. Somewhat amazingly, we exited the restaurant to sunny skies. Well planned, I'll say! In fact though, it didn't last. We were able to enjoy it long enough to walk back through Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor and then up to Gran Via, and it even stayed nice enough for us to head down to the massive Parque del Retiro. By evening though, it decided to rain again. Hrmm..... Now I'm trying hard to back up my myriad pictures to the ...

Head hurts. Sun is too bright. Body hurts. I stand up, then sit back down. I grope at my watch. 9:30. No way I'm up this early. Hide. - Around 2 I drag myself from under the covers. I don the sunglasses and dart from shadow to shadow on my way to the Chinese take ...

... I was a little sad that I wouldn't get to see the Prado Museum today... but what could I do? Patience is a virtue: I was coming back anyway, so at least now I know how the metro and trains work so I can get around Madrid faster. Next time I come I am going to hit up the 3 best museums and be off. The city is very comfortable for me because it's the Spanish version of Philly and a good cross between Munich and Berlin (it's very metropolitan and busy like ...

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... sees that I am interested almost before I realize it, and then there is no peace until we pick out a 5x7 rug and it is paid for and taken back to be stored in the bus, but it's a beautiful rug and we are happy new owners. Three people bought rugs, so this was a worthwhile business venture for the owner and his large staff. We go to a fabric store, and a clerk puts a traditional cloth headdress on Randall, one of the men from Australia; he's happy with it on his head and buys a ...