Madrid Circumnavigation

Woke up, light breakfast consisted of cereal, fruits, nuts, and bread. Did work till dinner. Dinner was pizza. Ana made it because we were Americans. She added olive, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, and of course, a ton of ham pieces. She served the pizza with what she called "Arroz con leche" (milk with rice), a customary dessert in Spain. It was kinda of like tapioca but had cinnamon and ladyfingers with it.

That night, we walked around Madrid, and I mean AROUND Madrid. Most walking so far. I wanted to get some pictures so we started out by taking the metro to Quevado, a small shopping district. We ended up walking to Tribunal, a district that seemed to be devoted to winding streets composed of dives and shady people. Continued on from East to West, passing cafes and bars full of people. Took some pictures finally of the city and architecture in Old Madrid. Found ourselves at the entrance of the Prado museum, the most popular museum in  Spain.

  

Did not get to see the Reina Sofia, (the other immensely popular museum in Spain) but we did attack a Mickey D's across the street. Classy.

Starting to know Madrid a lot better. We were able to spot places we've been to or saw if we turned down different streets. Walked back to the center of Madrid, Puerta Del Sol plaza, and found one of the main roads, Gran Via to see some more crazy buildings and monuments.

This was an independence monument in the middle of an artery (La Puerta de Alcalá ). Instead of taking the Metro, we just walked back from sol to our place.

Really tired, going to go to bed. Pumped for tommorow's dinner. Ana said it was going to be a surprise, I'm pretty sure she likes me better than Dean.