After a 40 euro cab ride to our hotel, we arrived in Mijas, Spain outside of malaga. It was a quick couple days in this costa del sol region that has 6 months of summer. This equaled Katie looking more like a native American and Amanda and I having to go inside early because our skin was literally in pain. Best way to sum up this part of the trip is lots of sun, lots of sangria, and a failed attempt at a festival in Malaga that ended when we got there and people were puking in the street. Apparently we missed a doozy...
When we reserved our high speed train to Madrid we once again realized that we didn't do enough planning and the regular seats we sold out. Luckily, being under 26, we qualified for a youth discount. We booked our preferente seats, which we thought meant you picked your seats ahead of time. False. We were in first class! I mean...we were given hot towels just like in the Wedding Singer. And awesome food. And bloody marys. The "flight attendants" loved us and said they wished they could go out with us in Madrid.
After getting to Madrid we checked in to our hostel and just walked around the city. We had an amazing lunch of tapas and sangria before taking naps. We were told that people in Madrid stay out really late, and we were meeting our friends from Italy out that night, preparation was needed. Our friend Fran hosts weekly get togethers for foreign people to come mingle and speak different languages...we came to drink. We met some really cool people at this Irish pub, and watched the real Madrid vs. Barcelona soccer game. Afterwards a group of us went to a street festival that consisted of people everywhere, 40 oz drinks, and us being dancing machines. By us, I mean I had dance offs with anyone who dared compete :)
We are stuck in the Toronto airport for now...more to come later!
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