So yesterday was a long day as well. I woke up late and that wasn't good, I ment to get up at around 10 and then head to the Royal Palace. But instead I woke up at like 12 then didn't head out till 1:30 and made it to the Reina Sofia museum at 4. In actuallity I wanted to see the Placio Real first because it closes at 4:00, but instead of taking the metro quickly there I walked. And when I walked I got lost for about half an hour. Kinda put me off schedule but I back tracked [View Full Entry]

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So last night Ana, Angel, and I had dinner here at the apartment. Ana made a good salad with corn, white asparagus, crab, tuna, and tomatoes. I liked it a lot. Then we went out to meet a few of Ana's friends from A Corona, her hometown in the north of spain. We went to a bar called La Sueca. It is translated as "The Swiss Girl" or "I'm not Listening" ha ha. Either way its pretty funny. We went out around 12 and came home around 3. A late night in Spain is 6 so we weren't out for long [View Full Entry]

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Today was my frist day of this visit walking around Madrid. It was a lot of fun, we first walked to a tourist station to get a map and when the girl could tell I was American she asked if we wanted one in English. Of corse I said no, I am a big girl and I have to try and conqure the langague barrier. So then we went to The Prado Museao. There we covered the basic Spanish painters Goya, Velazques, and El Greco. It was nice to see all the paintings person. I got to see a few Carravajio [View Full Entry]

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So it is my first day in Spain and I will be the first to say that I was unprepared for the culture shock. I got hit with it hard and I never expected it to be so confusing. I can get around Washington, DC perfectly fine with my eyes closed. But this city is much different. Funny story: the first thing out of customs I did was exchange dollars for eruos and man is the rate bad today. When I walked up tothe counter I obivously look American and the man said "hello" to me so I said it back. [View Full Entry]

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