April 23, 2010

We got up around 9 today, and got ready. There was a grocery store right next store, so that was perfect! We went and bought yogurt and cereal. We had to be checked out by 11, but the lady said we could lock up our stuff there during the day. Then we went to the palace. It was 3.50 euro for students. We waited outside in line for probably 40 minutes. It was really cool! Although, for me, I like to see the stuff, but I don't really want to stand and study it forever. Neither did Jess, so we just kept moving. Then we went and got our stuff back from the hostel, and went to a grocery store to buy food for dinner to eat on the bus, and then we stopped for lunch. There was a Burger King very close. After that we took the metro over to the Prado area. The Prado is the huge art museum there, and almost everyone goes to that when they are in Madrid. The building we went to first said that it was closed, and we were so disappointed! Then we asked, and that wasn't the Prado! We finally found it, and you can check in your bags there for free. Jess and I went off seperately because we wanted to go faster. After about 1 1/2 hours Jess and I left. 1 1/2 hours is a VERY short amount of time to go through this place. You could literally spend days in there if you liked art, but we don't, so we did it quickly! Then we went to the local outdoor market and I bought some cool souvenirs for really good prices! Our bus back home was supposed to leave at 6 pm. We got off the metro towards the bus station and we could not find the station anywhere! We were already running late, so we asked where it was and then we started running for it. They normally leave right on time, and will not wait. When we got there, there were so many buses, but finally we found it, and the bus driver wasn't very happy because we were late, and he was getting ready to leave. We almost missed it! Thank goodness we got on! I had to go to the bathroom so bad though because we didn't have time to go before getting on. After about 2 hours into the trip there was an accident, and we got stuck for almost an hour! Finally we made it to the half way rest stop, and ate our dinner. We got back on the road at about 10 pm. It was so hot on the bus, and finally a lady yelled from the back to turn on the air. Anyways, we got back to our house a little after 1 a.m. Thank goodness it's Saturday tomorrow. Trips make me so tired!