Day 2

This will be short because I'm super sleepy. Today we basically canvassed the entirety of the center of Madrid. We started at church, then went to El Rastro, the ginormous flee market. I bought a scarf for 2€. There were sooo many people, you kind of just have to go with the flow and such.  We perused around for a little bit after that. We stopped in this market-place type deal, almost like Quincy Market, for a snack. I'm pretty sure it's called San Miguel, but I may be wrong. Carolyn and I had an empanada and a water, and split some chocolatey/rum-y cake. Mist comes down from the ceiling, which is pretty cool (literally). We were hoping to go to the Palacio Real, but it closes at 15:00 on Sundays and it was already 14:30. Then we walked to my school! It's pretty nondescript from the outside, but I took a picture nonetheless.  After that we ate lunch at a restaurant near the Prado.  It was a 3 course meal for only 12€, pretty cheap.  Gazpacho is delicious, which is good since I've already had a lot of it! We then walked around the Prado for a bit (it's free at certain times during the week and Sunday evenings is one of the times). Carolyn wanted to see Spanish art, mainly Velazquez, so we were basically confined to the 1st floor.  (Btw, on floor numbers: when you first walk into a place of the street that's floor 0, then the 1st floor is what we would call the 2nd floor and so on).  My school is basically a stones throw away from el Prado, so I have a feeling I'll be visiting there a lot (especially during the free hours!)  After that, our feet were killing us, so we went back to the apartment for a little bit, and relajamos un poco. We decided that we didn't need dinner and instead went out for churros and chocolate at a place called San Ginés Chocolatería. It's right around the corner from my homestay. Hopefully I don't come home gordita. We strolled for a bit after that and decided it was enough for the day.  We chillaxed at home and enjoyed some sangria and vino :).

Bueños Noches mis amigos.