8-9-09 Sunday

So sorry for being so late. I haven't had much time to sit and use my computer at night. But anyways, Sunday was a very relaxing day in Madrid. We got up early in the hostel, around 8:30 and got packed up and ready to go. Kaila, Marisol, and Rochelle switched their bus ride back to Barcelona. Instead of leaving Madrid at midnight, they left at 2 PM. They had to be at the bus stop 2 hours prior to leaving, so we wanted to get out of the hostel right away. But first, we had the free breakfast offered, which was a crossiant with jam, coffee, and orange juice. Mmm. We left the hostel and headed toward a huge park (which I guess is similar to Central Park in NYC). It was huge, had a lake in the middle of it, and lots and lots of people! We hung around there for a bit and around 11 Marisol, Rochelle, and Kaila left. Gina, Betsy, Emily, and I walked around Madrid a bit more...stopped at a cafe for some churros con chocolate, which is a typical breakfast in Madrid. It's just churros with a hot chocolate drink. It was pretty good. We did some souvenir shopping (which all I bought was a book). Later, we went back to the park to hang around for about 3 hours. Emily slept, I read Twilight, and Betsy was busy journaling...she writes down everything! I wish I could do that..I just don't have the patience or the time. After we relaxed, we got on our way over to the train station. That was about a 20 minute walk. We stopped at a restaurant to get a bocadillo con calamares, which is just bread and calamarie! It was interesting but good. Teti told me to get one and I listened! We got to the train station and were about an hour early before our train left, so we walked around and sat. The train station was actually really pretty inside. There is a garden (kind of like a jungle look) I have a picture on facebook. Pretty neat for a train station! Our train left around 6:30 pm and we got to Barcelona around 9:15ish. I got onto the Metro and went home. I got home and there was black rice with calarmarie waiting for me...not too appetizing. I ate some of it though, I would feel too bad if I didn't! I unpacked my stuff and hopped into bed. I was so tired! Kaila arrived home around 11:30 and got ready for bed as well...I slept really good that night! It was great. Overall, the weekend was fun and exciting! But I still like Barcelona way more than Madrid!