No Tinto Left Behind

Day 1: On Monday morning we left for Madrid and we arrived around 2:30. The city is absolutely beautiful and very different from Valencia in that it’s much larger and more like a typical big city. Our hotel was super nice and right in the middle of the city center. The first thing we did was go on a bus tour of the city and then a walking tour to get a feel for it. We had that night on our own and we asked Alicia, one of our professors, to go get a cerveza and some tapas with us. She is the coolest lady ever. Then Maddie, Caitlin, and I got dinner and went back to the hotel.

That night I ended up going out with a bunch of people because Josh’s friend lives here and showed us around. Madrid is so crazy in that anywhere you walk promoters for bars and clubs just attack you and offer you free stuff to enter. We went to one bar and then to a place where Josh’s friend likes to dance. We stayed there until like 3 I think and then got chocolate and churros before bed.

Day 2: The next day we had to be on the bus at 9:30 to go to La Escorial and Segovia. La Escorial is a big monastery and some kings used to live there back in the day. Segovia is famous for the huge aqueduct and we also got to go into a beautiful castle there. Jordan, Maddie, Caitlin, and I were all a little silly at that point, so it was a good time.


Famous aqueduct in Segovia




The castle we entered


When we got back I napped for 3 hours. Classic. Then that night I went out with Marie and Murt. We stayed out till freaking 4:30 am and went to another place where we danced forever. It was kind of creeper city so we forced Murt to stay at our sides all night haha.

Day 3: Very tired the next morning. This should stop coming as a surprise to me. It was raining but we walked to the Prado museum which has a bunch of famous paintings like Las Meninas and works by Grecco, Goya, and Velasquez. Then we walked to the Reina Sofia museum and saw a bunch of Picasso, the most famous being his Guernica painting.

When we got back from the museums and I took another 3 hour nap.Then a bunch of us went to 100 Montaditos and then we all went to the flamenco show. The dinner was delcious and the flamenco was seriously SO cool. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I was in awe and smiling the whole time. Afterwards we made Alicia go out with us and we danced with her for a while. She’s my fave person on the planet. The theme of the night was: no tinto left behind. And it was indeed a fun night.

Today I got up at 9 and we’re just chilling in Madrid for a few hours until our plane leaves for Madrid. Photos to come once I'm back home!!


Us all hanging out in Starbucks before our flight