Madrid

Per request of a certain blogger, I am going to resume my Europe trip blogging! So our first stop was in Madrid for a night. Mind you, we had 3 weeks to make this Euro travel happen, so we were at any given city for 3 days AT BEST.

We had a surprisingly WONDERFUL flight on Comet with little desserts, peanuts, and Spanish beer :) We didn't request it, but Taylor saved it for later :) We landed in Madrid Friday mid afternoon and made our way to our Hostel. After settling in and all that jazz, we walked around and scoped out the area. On our way back to the hostel, we stopped by a Starbucks and had a refreshingly delicious mango tea something or other -- it was pretty warm out.

Traveling, you meet a ton of fellow traveling spirited people from everywhere. In Madrid, we met a nice Canadian named Rowan. Apparently, his parents were hippies and decided to name their kid after the trees in their backyard :) True story. We went out for tapas (spanish appetizers) and delicious beer. Already being jolly, we met some MORE people and headed over to a cathedral converted club called, JOY. Being in Madrid, our early arrival at 11:30 was welcome with a discount and the most alcoholic free beverage I've ever recieved! Dancing, drinking, friendships, and we made it back to our hostel safely :)

Unfortunately, Tay and I are teh SUCK at taking pictures, so we have NONE of Madrid OR Rowan. We exchanged email addresses but have currently misplaced our journal :) I can always update and edit at a later time if we ever touch base and get pictures from him.

The next day was spent recovering (Tay was HORRRRRIBLY sick and hungover). We decided to go to one of the most AMAZING parks and pretty much lay down reading and taking in the scene of all the local people. The park here was very much like our Cali beach scene. People laying out on beach towels, bathing suits or bikinis, reading and just hangin out :) It was so peaceful and serene. Certainly, it was the best thing to do given Tay's sick state.

We got ice cream on our way to catch our train, which was ultimately a poor decision, but DELICIOUS ice cream none the less. After all was said and done, we missed our train and ended up having a stressful run around to make it to our next destination -- Barcelona. Lesson learned: Give ample time to make it to the train station, or you'll get pwned like a no0b for more monies and possibly a deposit at your next hostel.

Sorry no pics this time round. Barcelona to come :) We have LOOOOOADS of pics there as it was our favorite and we spent so much time there.