We spent the day exploring Madrid and just kind of wandered. It was really relaxing. Everyone was dressed in Halloween costumes. People in Spain don’t understand Halloween. To them, they dress up and walk around all day in a costume. Also, the costumes are so different in Spain. They only have scary costumes. I don’t know how many zombie brides I saw. They do such a good job at the dead makeup thing but none of the costumes are original or creative. Everyone is just a dead _____. Antonio and Nacho thought it was funny when we were telling them all of the costumes we had done: Amy Winehouse, Swine Flu, Taylor Swift and Kanye.
In desperate need of a coffee we went to the Starbucks and sat down in one of the plazas (Puerta del Sol). We were sitting there talking for a while and this old man sitting next to me on the fountain turned to us and started talking to us. He told us that he always loves a chance to practice his English. He also told us that he has studied 8 different languages. I feel like that really only happens in Europe. We ended up speaking to him in mostly Spanish and we talked to him for about an hour before he invited us to have a pastry with him. He took us to this bakery which he said is the most famous one in Madrid. He bought Haley and I Napolitanos. He then showed us a few statues near the plaza where we were at. I’m pretty sure that if you sit in any plaza in Spain for long enough, there will be some old man that will come over and talk to you at some point. At least this has been my experience so far in Spain.
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| Apparently Jordan translates to Joelly in Spanish? |
Also, this was the first time I had ever stayed in a hostel. $15 dollars a night is hard to beat. We stayed in a room with 19 people and it was quit muggy in there. I can't really complain though. It was an experience and I got to sleep in a bed next to the sexiest man alive. (see picture below).
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| mmmmmm. |
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