Madrid

Madrid has been very nice after the incident with the cab driver. I spent two nights at a hotel with my mom and Rick. We had some good meals and wandered around the city. I ate beluga caviar and tripe for the first time in my life. Sort of opposites on the price scale.



After Rick and my mom left I lugged all my stuff to a hostel in the middle of the city. Since then I have just continued to wonder around the city taking pictures, going to museums, eating and drinking. I wondered into a sherry bar on accident last night. The bar looked so cool with maybe 700-800 bottles of sherry on the wall, all with tons of dust on them. There were huge barrels behind the counter and the oldest cash machine I have ever seen in use (it was wooden, built into the bar, and had a crank that opened the drawer). The sherry was actually very good and it was accompanied by some delicious green olives.



Now that I am all on my own for the next 8 months this is starting to feel real. My orientation is this Thursday (the day after my birthday) and then I will be heading off to Logrono on the 3^rd of October.



Here are some photos of my Madrid adventures. The pictures of the horses and guards etc. are just from something I randomly stumbled across. There were some cars and a carriage being escorted by all these guards on horses. Must have been someone important.