España dos

I would have to say that the night life was our favorite part of the trip. Like I mentioned before, the schedule is a little different than what we're used to so staying up late is something we do well as college students. It was an objective to try as many different foods and beverages while we were out. I tried multiple Spanish brewed beers such as Mahou and Cruzcampo and I can't forget about the sangria! We heard about this place that is a must when visiting Madrid called El-Tigre. Basically, you pay 5 euro for a beverage and you get plates upon plates of free tapas. Talk about a good deal! and the atmosphere was a lot of fun too. We managed to do a bar crawl one evening and would try the specialty drinks at each place. One shot that I won't forget is called the Chuck Norris Roundhouse kick to the face. This involved, jager, whiskey, vodka and tobasco sauce. Suprisingly it wasn't that bad....

Halfway through the trip, we decided one evening to take a trip to another city for a quick visit. The next morning we hop on a train and head for Valencia. This city is known for its beaches and we got the opportunity to sit on one and dip our feet in the Mediterranean.

We didn't get the chance to the visit Aquarium due to lack of time which was very disappointing. This Aquarium is the 2nd largest in the world (Atlanta, Georgia being the first) and a majority of it is outdoors! Bugga. Aside from that we managed to do a lot of site seeing including the City of arts and sciences, Colosseum Valencia, and Torres de Serranos, which were the official gates to the city.

We traveled back to Madrid to spend our last few days and had a really great time visiting the royal palace of Mardrid. We weren't allowed to take photos in the palace but we snuck a few in very discretely =p This palace was just incredible! Every room was so overwhelming with the amount of intricate details put into them. Later that evening we went to the Prado which is one of the most famous art museums in the world. We only went from 6-8 because it was free and that was definitely not enough time. It was so neat seeing a lot of the works that I've been studying in my classes at school, brownie points for me with my professors! =)

I plan to write a few more entries focusing more on certain topics but I just wanted to give a broad over view of my trip. It's been a crazy fun time and I just want to thank Jordan for hosting and helping us make it through the week with his Spanish speaking skills. Cheers guys.

El-Tigre