Anywho, we are staying in Hostel Villar in a triple bedroom with a sink, wardrobe dresser, and table and chairs. The place wonderful. Much better than Friends Hostel.
On day one we went shopping around our area and it was fantastic. We went to H&M, Blanco, Zara, and some other stores that I can't remember all too well. For dinner I can't remember what I ate. We went to a trendy restaurant around here and I got bread and ham I believe. I think I've been eating a ton of ham with my meals. It's...alright. I'm trying to avoid it but I keep ending up with ham.
Then next day we took a trip to Toledo! It's this very old town built on a hill surrounded by a river. It was beautiful. We were looking for the palace but could never find it. Very funny, but we were able to go to the cathedral, synagogue, and torture museum so that was nice. The cathedral was extremely intense. I can't describe it. You need to see it in person but it was absolutely stunning. The synagogue was equally stunning. And the torture museum, not so much, but it was interesting to see how twisted people's minds were back in the day.
Then after Toledo, we chased after Jamie Cullum just for Lily. We got over to La Riviera where he was performing. Tried to spot people selling tickets which wasn't all too successful. The building is located right next to a river with fountains and a nice bridge. It was really pretty but we didn't hang around for too long because Lily and Patrick were tremendously hungry. We ended up eating at some cafe/cafeteria. They food was alright, but we were trying to avoid another sandwich place. I feel like we've been eating sandwiches for every single meal and I'm getting pretty tired of it. BUT, we couldn't find anywhere cheap enough so we ended up there. I got this really good sandwich though. It's an spanish omelette sandwich which consists of an omelette with potatoes in a baguette. There were also pimento (?) peppers in it. Pretty awesome.
The next day, today, we went to Musee de Prado...one of the greatest museums! This museum has paintings for Goya, Velasquez, and a new favorite, Rico. Everything in there is amazing. We didn't see everything but we saw really amazing paintings as well as (of course) Las Meninas by Velasquez. It was HUGE and wonderful to see! And we had some amazing food at the museum as well. I got a spinach omelette and OMG, it was sooo good! Along with that I tried the KAS lemon beverage and it was pretty awesome! It's carbonated lemon juice pretty much.
Loving Madrid. Everything is easy going. Doing a lot of people watching and just loving it. The weather has been fantastic...sunny every day!
**update**
I completely forgot to mention that we went to the Palace of Madrid. Completely forgot but we weren't allowed to take any pictures inside so I don't have much documentation on that part which is unfortunate. The rooms were so beautiful, set in the rococo style but Madrid's take on it flows and isn't as crazy and lavish as the one in Paris.
Here's some food we ate right after the museum:
This is bread with a Spanish omelette. The omelette was really good. It has potatoes mixed in.
Here's typical sandwich with slices of spicy Iberian sausage.
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