Before leaving for this trip, my cousin Melisa told me that her friend Sandra (who I met at her wedding) was living in Madrid, so I was able to get in contact with her and we met up! She told me to meet her at this cute bar Montaditos, where we ordered tapas like you would order sushi... they had a huge list of types of meat with types of sauces on different types of bread, and you just put a tally next to the ones you want. I tried one that was salmon with cream cheese (which they call queso de Philadelphia), another one was chicken , and then Spanish tortilla. They were so cute and mini and DELICIOUS!
Sandra and I just spent time catching up and talking about family and what she's been up to in Madrid the last year.
Later, our Cal Poly group walked down to La Rena Sofia, which is a huge art museum in Madrid. It is famous because it houses Picasso's Guernica, which was amazing to see in person... it takes up an entire wall in one of the galleries! We saw other modern art and amazing pieces by Dali, and more by El Greco. So awesome :)
Dinner was entertaining that night. I guess we’ve been eating dinner right before the kitchen’s close at the hotel, but tonight they wait staff was definitely in a hurry to get us out of there. At one point, we realized that if you put your silverware down, they take it as cue to take your plates away. There were a few of us who were mid chew when they waiters would swoop in and take our plates while we were still eating! We figured out that we had to keep our silverware in our hands at ALL times in order to finish our meal!
Well since I had slept so much the night before, I was wide-awake and decided to go out! Since the bars don't open until around midnight, we went to the store and bought my new favorite drink called Sidre, which tastes just like apple cider!
Okay so now is when it got interesting.... Once it was around midnight, a huge group of about 25 of us headed out. I think the best part of the night was all 25 of us attempting to take the Metro... not an easy task. We figured out that buying a 10-ticket Metro ticket was more cost effective, which we ended up doing. Problem was, that after the first 10 people went through, we heard a train coming, so we all ran to hop on it. Little did we know that there was still half of our group still getting tickets. As our door closed, we shouted at the people at the platform the name of the exit to get off at, which ended up being the wrong stop since we had to switch lines!
So, at the stop where we needed to switch, we got off and spread ourselves out along the entire length of the Metro, so we could wave at our other half of the group to let them know to get off. We must have looked ridiculous, but it worked!
Anyway that night was a blast... we all had a good time going out together and trying to talk to locals, and experiences night life in Madrid in general. As fun as it was, I am so glad we are not studying in Madrid - I am looking forward to being in a more intimate city with fewer tourists so I can really experience living in Spain.
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