Yes I would love to spend an hour and a half riding the train to get home.

1. Megan and I wandered a bit but eventually found all of our destinations.
2. Yes we conversed with the locals. The two people on the train were a riot! I learned that apparently eating cream (like most people in Spain do) makes you a little more well-endowed. I may have learned more than I bargained for.
3. We did speak us some good spanish. There was a bit more silence than there would have normally been...
4.
Hello image of majesticity. Felipe IV apparently died in battle and his statue engulfed in shadows is the best foreground for the Palacio Real in the background.

I was taking a cue from the other tourists around me (mostly Asians) at the fence of the Palacio Real. If only I could scale the wall and "kill the beast" to get in!

After a few hours of no success in finding un aseo (not even the public library would let me use one. Public? I think not). At the Principe Pio station I happened to glance down the escalator and saw the best sign I ever could see. Thus Megan and I briskly walked and I finally had success!

A loooong, but lovely, day in Madrid

 

1.  Yes indeed we did. 

2.  Si...two of those strangers were on the train en route to Madrid, and let's just say it was a highly inappropriate conversation on their part. We were shocked and appalled. 

3. Kathryn and I conversed in Español for at least 4 hours of our trip. 

4. Fotos: uno:Katie doing a fabulous impersonation of the statue outside of the beautiful Catedral de la Almudena. dos:I really appreciate art on doors. tres:Sun going down through La Puerta de Toledo.

I´m still in Spain.

1. all destinations were reached and enjoyed.
2. i conversed with the locals of the land. most memorable was a 80-year-old woman on the train who told me her son was 40 and single. matchmaker?¿?
3. i spoke the native language of castellano during the duration of our stay.
4. photos i´ve chosen: (1)some guapos in the plaza de oriente. the plaza is beautiful. (2) riley, adri & nikki in front of the catedral al lado del palacio real. (3) I don´t remember what this building is called but i thought it was nice.

Waz up Madrid?

1. We successfully made it to each destination.

2. Si

3. Not one English word was spoken. Vale?

4. One of my favorite pictures was at the Plaza de Oriente, the colors that they used for certain buildings just took my breath away. The second picture is of Catedral de la Almudena, every cathedral is beautiful and has so much detail to it. The other picture, and not a very good one at that is of La Iglesia de San Francisco. We wanted to check it out but we didn't feel like spending the euros on it. Pretty from what I saw though. Love you Madrid.