A Bridge in Madrid

On Friday Eddie and I caught a bus to Madrid around 5ish. Then from the bus station we caught the metro to his one friend’s apartment. We hung out at the apartment for a while before heading out to a Paraguayan restaurant for some yummy food such as yucca, croquettas, and Paraguayan tortilla. It was all sooooo good. And I discovered that I think I might like mustard. Then later a group of 7 of us went out for the one roommate’s birthday. Mar is from Andalucía so I loved listening to her talk cuz it was just like Sevilla. Haha. And her 2 friends were Mexico and they were hilarious. All 3 girls were super sweet and funny and I had a lot of fun hanging out with them. In general it was a really fun night, but like typical Spain, it was a very late night. Therefore we all slept in really late as well.

Saturday was pretty chill because it was raining allll day and was just really crappy out so we stayed in and watched TV and I read some. We only left in order to find Kebabs for lunch. After all, we were in the Kebab capital of the world :) Mar and I, plus the 3 guys went out later in the evening when it stopped raining. We first went to this taco place that was like really good and authentic. Good Mexican food is super hard to find in Spain, but this place certainly qualified. I tried one with cactus and it was sooo good. If you ever get the chance to try a cactus taco, do it. I highly recommend it. We hit two more places and did our fair share of walking. But let me tell you something. Madrid certainly is a one of a kind city. I swear it’s the only place where there are more people out on the streets at 2am then there are in the afternoon. And it’s not just young people out drinking, it’s all ages- some small children with their families, or some mid-aged couples just strolling or going out for a glass of wine. Like, it’s kinda ridiculous in a beautiful way.

We all slept in pretty late on Sunday as well. Especially the boys. Later me and the boys went out for Austurian chicken. Oh man was it sooo good. I swear it was just like Kauffman’s back home, maybe even a little better. Then we walked around the city just for something to do. But I just love Madrid. It’s such a fabulous place. Back at the apartment the boys watched baseball while I sat and read my book because I would rather go a whole month without chocolate than watch a game of baseball. And then I ended up falling asleep. Once again I was up hours before everyone else so I used my morning to read and do some reflecting and therefore it was a good morning to myself. It was like 3.30 when Eddie and I peaced out, grabbed some more kebabs and then headed to the bus station. For most of our trip we were worried we were on the wrong bus because apparently the outside of the bus said Quintanar del Rey which is not our town. Haha. But we ended up in the right place. Always a good thing. But Monday and Tuesday are holidays here which is why we didn’t have school so it’ll be a really short week.