Started the day with a late breakfast. Dean likes to go to sleep with the shades down so no light whatsoever can come through our window when the sun rises. Corn flakes and fruits like always. Ana was telling me of some other Universities in the area so i went running and explored.
Almost got lost again, I told my self I would go until the sun came down, but its hard to find your way back home when half the streets don't have street names and your running route consists of whichever way you think has the better view. Anyway, found a bunch of soccer games being played on concrete courts, I stopped a little bit to watch. I even saw the ending of an Ultimate Frisbee game.
Since Ive been here I feel like a person could be walking in a tiny Madrid alleyway about two arm lengths across and within a couple steps you could be in a huge plaza right before your eyes. Went through the City university of Madrid, a campus of Salamanca University and Mayor College. They almost all looked the same, except a lot of graffiti going on at the city university of Madrid. (Their entrance-way sculpture was a horseman covered in spray paint.) I'm noticing now that no one wears hats, or baseball caps for that matter, in Madrid. I probably stood out like a sore thumb with my backwards cap on.
The sun came down and I started to have to ask people how to find the main streets. Im getting very confident in my simple Spanish sentences so I never actually felt like I was getting lost, though I probably have a bad accent. Got back before dinner at 9pm tonight.
Dinner was a Spanish dish. Started out with a broth based soup with fish, carrots and potatoes. Didn't get much fish in mine so I cant say it was better than last nights meal. Next course was a chicken piece with melted mozzarella cheese. I noticed that the cheese here is much more tastier, or maybe its fresher. Not sure but it tasted really good. Had some leftover "milk with rice" from last night with cinnamon and a "ladyfinger-like" cookie.
Walked around one of the main streets tonight, Gran Via. I wanted to check out a jazz lounge that was close to the metro stop. It was pretty packed so we just walked around until we found a cheap wine bar. We got some complimentary olives with our orders. Left again and found ourselves back to Puerta del Sol. Noticed that the Pitt-Balt game was on and got to watch the last 8 minutes of it at a place called O'Reillys. ( a ton of Irish pubs here where we noticed a lot of Americans hang out and eat American food.) Would have liked to see the Ravens win. Left for home before the Metro closed at 1:30AM.
Going to El Rastro tomo (Thieves Market), a flea market. Maybe find some cheap souvenirs for everyone. Probably going to get some tapas after and then the Prado Museum to get the Sunday student discount.
Probably get some marvelous photos at the market and Prado. I hope my knowledge of art history serves me right here.
Go 'Cuse
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