Granada

June 28 1:00 AM-5:00 AM


I caught the group bus that left at 1:00 in the morning which took me to the airport where I then took a taxi to the train station and managed to save 1 euro. Whooptie-fracking-do. Anyway, the station Puerta de Atocha in Madrid is beautiful or at least the lobby anyway. There's this giant park that leads to a cafe restaurant that I'll try to take pictures of when I make my return. Nothing much happened really, I just had a little trouble trying to find the departure gates which ended up being between the ground floor and the upper floor. In other words, a floor I never thought existed.

Granda
Boiling. Mother fracking boiling. The euro I saved ended up being used to buy a highly detailed map of the city. I expect it to be destroyed within the vacation period. I couldn't do much but walk around the city trying not to die from hat exhaustion. Fortunately, some of the cathedrals and churches have fountains outside of them running cold, holy water for hot, sinful head full of not-so-clean thoughts of my hostel mates. I am in fact the only male in the entire room. Statistically, I can't screw this up. But then again, you all know me very well and, like the Democrats, I'll end up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory (not a prediction of the general election).
Anyway, I manage to get a few shots of the city before I retreated to my hostel which is rather nice. I wish the bed was a bit higher but oh well, I was wishing for the bottom bunk and I got it. So about my bunk mates, 3 are from the United States studying Spanish (yes, mom. I can already read your mind from across the ocean.). 2 are Argentinian architects who have been in Spain for a bit. 1 is a Chilean whose attitude is starting to grate on me a little bit (the Peruvian in me I suppose?). 1 is another American who I haven't talked to yet. And there is one more person whom I haven't yet met. You really do meet interesting people in hostels. Although, I recommend getting a hotel if where you're going is 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm planning to go out tonight and walk around a little to try and take pictures or at least take in the sights. Chances are you won't see the pictures as I'd like you to see them until a long while. Oh and I plan on buying Moorish designed souvenirs!!