Day 3

Yesterday was amazing. I met up with Aaron and Mike at the hotel (which they ended up crashing at) and then we walked around for a while, but Mike went to meet up with some of the friends he met at his hostel a few nights before, so Aaron and I explored the city together from about 3 in the afternoon til 1 in the morning, and we had a great time. We ended up getting dinner (meat and seafood paella with a pitcher of sangria...sooooo good) and then we seriously just walked around for the next 12 hours. Madrid is full of little squares and twisted alleyways, all full of tiny cafes and bars and little shops and 12 hours wasn't nearly enough time to absorb it all. we were trying to meet up with Mike again, but without phones, it was kind of difficult, so instead we just got a few drinks and eventually wandered to the other side of the city where the more historic buildings and museums are. this was at like 11 at night, so most things were closed, but we still walked around and stumbled into this amazing park, where we sat on some monument and had cheap wine and picked a massive weird looking flower from this big tree, then played on a playground outside some palace. it was so fun. when we came back to the room around 1, mike was on the floor asleep, but we all started talking and were so over tired that we couldn't sleep, so we stayed up until like 2:30 chatting and finally all passed out. mike is still on the floor, but Aaron and I are going to run to Starbuck's and then maybe go see the big park we found the night before so we can see what it looks like in the daylight. we're all taking the Metro to the airport at 1 and then flying Ryan Air to Fez at 4! talk to you in Morocco!