When we got in to the Prado it was really cool. There was a painting of "an apostle" that i really really liked. They had a lot of the famous works of "Velasquez" or something like that. I'm not really sure how to spell his name. I was just really impressed by it all. After we went through that exhibit we moved toward some other rooms that had a bunch of ancient Greek and Roman peices. Those were really impressive because many had been that way since before Christ and were still amazing. In reality they were just on the "camino" to the Goya exhibit.People were slowly peeling off and by the time we actually got to Goya's works it was just Erin, Sarah, and me. We saw all the ones that he did towards the end of his life where he went crazy. Those were really neat. After those we headed to his central display. The 2nd and 3rd of May. When we finally went into the room however they were no where to be seen. I asked the guard and found out that they are being restored till the 15th of April. I am so glad that I am sticking around here with my dad because I really am excited to see those. Being a little sad that they weren't there we headed over to Las Tres Meninas. There were a lot of the Zubies there. (Although few of the people on the trip are actually very zubyish. Everyone is actually really cool.) Erin decided it was her lunch time as did everyone else so they left me alone and I wandered towareds the supposed Rembrandt exhibit but there was only one of his pieces and it wasn't all that famous. But that is ok because there are tons of other WAY cool paintings.
I found Andrew when we planned to meet to head home and there was a group of 5 or so of us outside waiting to go back to Alcala. We decided to go and get "postres" at the "Puerta del Sol". They were really really good and then we finally headed back home. On the way over we saw a pretty cool looking bar and Andrew wanted a picture of it.
On the bus ride was another awesome Mullet. 
We went to the mall and shopped around. There was a midget door and I wanted to take a picture but no one would do it with me. I got this one instead. It was pretty nifty. 
That night we went to the Discoteca for the first time. It was crazy and smelled of smoke and alcohol but got more fun towards the end. We went to a 2nd after an hour of the first and it was all Americans. Kinda a waste but still fun.
We were in a huge group and Erin had a copy of the homework so we dicided to split into two groups, as one went on we stayed behind and by coincidence the same five stayed behind. We decided that we'd chill at the Prado for a bit while the other group went on ahead. We saw a gay couple and so I sneakily took a picture of Erin with them in the background. They got pretty far away and are on the leftish side with the bike.
So Goya is my favorite artist and so I had to get a pic with his statue outside the Prado while we waited. I am really glad that I got that job at the MOA because it really opened my eyes to art and such. I've always liked it but now I can appreciate it more.
That was the Prado.
Right behind there there was a really cool church. Note the artistic moon in the background. I felt impressed with myself. 
Here we had an Arthur moment...
Then we were off to the walk. I felt oddly reminded of Monty Python.
The city is just plain awesome. I'm going to build my house exactly like this when I'm filthy rich.
But seriously though. We walked around but we didn't have a very good list of where we were supposed to go and we didn't really understand it anyways but we sure had a lot of fun and took a lot of pictures. 
Here are some old people of Spain. Who remembers when I yelled out that i hate old people at a tennis match? That's changed here in Spain. They are so funny looking and in thier own little world. 
This guy the awesomest mullet I have ever seen. He is the one selling lottery tickets in the puffy coat. They have convinced me that I need to get one while I'm here. When in Rome... So I will when the time finally comes to cut my locks. I'm excited.
So this was a really famous building and then McDonalds came and bought it and ruined it.
That is a pretty crazy smile.
For this picture I had to set my Camera down with the timer. It was really nervous but ready to run and beat anyone down.
Isn't that just Awesome?
So, all in all I am pretty happy with that class. I have to write a two page paper today about my insights of the walk but it was pretty much a really fun "class".
We all met in alcala at the train station but when we got to Madrid we decided to split up so the rest of the group left the subway at a different exit and we decided to head away from the plaza and then come back when all the rest of the people were gone.
The first couple of minutes we were so amazed by all the cool architecture and and the cool looking alleys that we stoped at each one to take a picture.
Here is a cool looking hat that i would have bought but it was so small that even my ears were showing through.
Anyways...we went to the opera...
Some people are better at timed "Zoolander Jumps" than others.
We knew that we wanted to see the Plaza but we really didnt want to just go back the way we came so we checked out a map and decided that we'd loop around a bit and head towards the Plaza from a different direction. There were a couple of streets that looked pretty cool and we saw some gateway that caught my interest. Out of nowhere, we turned a corner and realized we were in Fanghorn forest and being attacked by an Ent. 
It was pretty much the awesomest part of the day. All the other groups tried to say that they had had a "funner" time but we cited our ent sighting and trumped them all. As it turns out, Fanghorn is actually part of the Plaza mayor.
Its the big plaza i guess. I don't remember anything super about it now. I'm excited to come back and sight see when i actually know all about these places.
We all really wanted hot chocolate because we were all pretty cold and tired and wanted to sit in a cafe and have a "spanish experience". After 45 minutes of trying to find one and failing we almost decided on a starbucks until we saw a small coffee shop next door. I decided I'd get a cocoa drink and some cookies but after an hour of serious serching for a "quaint cafe" Amy and Callie decided to go into the starbucks afterall. I laughed on the inside. We all came back into the coffee shop and did have that experience afterall. We sat and talked for another 45 minutes or so and then headed back to Alcala. It was SO much fun.
