Aye que Madrid!

So I had a crap night sleeping at that beautiful hostel, mainly due to drunk 18 yr-old Americans at the place. Oh goodness. But I did manage to meet 2 quality guys, one from N Carolina and the other from Cordoba, Argentina (where I studied once for a summer) and we went out for the classic Spanish experiencia of drinks and tapas (like sliced meat and cheese and olives and bread) late night, complete with sweet old lady dancing Spanish style. Fun!

So we switched to a hostel that is 100x better with quality people (full of Argentines. What´s up with that?) It´s great here. Yesterday involved touring the city (so beautiful!) and using the wonderous Metro subway system here and even rowing in a little boat in the middle of a lake like they did back in the old days with ladies in parasols! It´s crazy how deep the culture is here and how art is everywhere, just a normal part of life. You know I love this!

We´re at a hostel with a kitchen which always means it has a great social life (food+people= instant friends) and there are always super interesting people to meet traveling!

Today we went to the Reina Sofia Museum and saw some amazing art!
Tomorrow we go to Granada which is where I´ll be studying for a few weeks. And as nice as Madrid is, it´ll be nice to get out of the gigantic city...

I´m having fun and hope that you are too!