Arrival in Madrid

We made it to our hostel at around 1:30 Madrid time yesterday (6 hours ahead) completely sleep deprived we succesfully navigated our way through the spanish metro, taking three different lines! We got majorly lost once we popped out on street level, as all of the street signs are in spanish and tucked away on the sides of buildings (neither frequently or in easy to spot places) but eventually we figured it out.

In desperate need of sleep we immediately dropped our packs and took a nap. Waking up at around 5pm we deceided to venture out into the city. The buildings are absolutely beautiful, although with them looking so similair it is very easy to get lost. As well, it seems as though barely anyone speaks english and all menus are in spanish, so starved and very confused we opted for Burger King. Where the pop and fries are about the size of those you would find in a North American kids meal, I opted for mine with conqeso (cheese)! We then wondered around the city for a good 2 hours before heading back to our hostel, where we fell asleep before 10pm and woke up at 12:45pm today, needless to say we were very jet lagged!

Today, we made our way to Peurto del Sol - the main square, with gorgeous fountains, more amazing architecture, tons of shops and people, about 5 minutes from our hostel. When we sat down for lunch we noticed our menu had three columns of pricing depending on where you sat. The terrace outside was the most expensive, the salon inside a little cheaper and the bar was the cheapest. Still getting used to everything being the same price as you would find in Canada, only in Euros we opted for the bar. After lunch we headed to the Plaza Mayor an inclosed courtyard and explored all the streets around it and then we made our way into what we think must be the spanish version of the Hudson Bay Company, in the bottom level there is a supermarket and we grabbed a snack, I got this little prepacked yogurt and chocolate cereal, it was insanely delicious, shoutout to Troy and Stefanie who share my love for cereal wish you could have been here to try it with me : ) We are now getting ready to head out for a later dinner, we deceided tonight we are going to have Tapas and Sangria and do as the Madridians do!

-Jenna xo