Madrid

Another week gone by. Time is strange. So fast at times and slow at others. Last Sunday I went to the Picasso museum because it's free on Sundays. It was pretty amazing. They have sooo much of his artwork, including a lot of scrap drawings. It was interesting to see how his style evolved as time went on and how the different cities he lived in influenced his art.

Lindsay's friend from Maryland, Ryan, was also here visiting during the week. He is studying abroad for the year in England. His British friend, Will, also joined us for two nights. It was a lot of fun having guests. This week will make it three weeks in a row with friends! Tuesday night we went to dinner with my friend from my teen tour, Sam. I have so many weird connections here, it's strange. We ate at Taller de Tapas and it was very good. I like tapas because you get to try so many different foods.

Wednesday night Ryan and Will kindly took us out to dinner to thank us for having them over. It was very sweet. We went to a place called Mosquito Tapas in the Born district, so obviously we had to have crepes after. Yum. It was an asian fusion tapas place. Delish, but the food took an hour to come and I was starving!

On Friday morning, we left for Madrid for the weekend. It was so much fun. I really, really, really liked Madrid. It felt very different from Barcelona, much more metropolitan. We took a two and a half hour train there with CEA. Met some nice people at lunch and hung out with them for the rest of the day. We just walked around and explored. At night, we met up with Lindsay's friend Emily, who is studying abroad in Madrid through the Syracuse program. We went to a really fun bar/club called Sol and Sombra. I'd like to find that kind of place in Barcelona. It had a much more laid back vibe.

On Saturday, we made three new friends from CEA and we all went to the Parque del Retiro. It was stunning. We took a paddle boat out and had a great time. After that, we went to the Prado museum. It was huge. At night, we went to a pretty big club called Orange Cafe. There were a lot of locals there, which made it fun. I swear we met the Spanish Seth Rogan! I will post pictures soon.

Before we left today I got to meet up with Lara and we had chocolate covered churros. Very good, but nothing beats a strawberry and nutella crepe. Now I'm back in Barcelona, getting very excited for Lindsay and Ilana's visit on Thursday! I am also planning on booking the rest of my trips very soon. Barrie and I are now thinking of going to Budapest, Istanbul and Dubrovnik?! Traveling is exhausting, but I sure do love it.