The passed two days here have been beautiful. The sun has been out; so around 1pm it gets pretty warm! I have been able to go run on this trail right by my house that reminds me a lot of Waveny but better (sorry to say!) because it follows right alongside this small river - it's very scenic. Yesterday, Carly, Ashley, Kip and I went into Madrid to see the tomb of Goya. I was really excited for this because he was buried among some of his frescoes. We ended up "wandering" again because we knew if we stayed on the train from Alcala it would take us right to the station we needed to get off at instead of switching metros. It turns out that taking the metro would have been a lot faster - lesson learned. We got to the chapel and the sanctuary was beautiful. The top third of all the walls and the ceiling were just covered inGoya's work. They were all very neutral colors except for this deep red he used throughout. It pictures hundreds of angels doing different tasks but all glancing in the direction of the altar where there was a crucifix with ornate decorations. His tomb was right on the steps of the altar. I was happy we finally went to see it - although it wasn't as time consuming as Reina Sofia or Prado, it was definitely intriguing to visit the "panteon" of one of the most famous artists in history.
Afterwards, we walked to the one and only Sol. There was a protest going on in La Puerta and we started wondering if Spain was soon going to add on to all the chaos going on in the Middle East. We thought how it would be cool to witness history and all that. And then, we thought how we would probably be sent home if it escalated - so we ended those tangent thoughts. We of course visited Haribo (although Ashley and I are getting quite good at saying "no").
My favorite part of the evening was when we went to check out Mercado San Miguel close to the Plaza Mayor. It is an indoor market which apparently is the place to be at night around dinner time! It was surprisingly very classy - not your intial thoughts of a market. Everyone had their glass of wine and were going around to the different counters getting plates of samples - cheeses, meats and other tapas. There were stands for potato chips and other random snacks as well. We walked around taking it all in and enjoyed a tapa here and there. It was one of the first places where I said "this would be the perfect place for a date." There were tables in the center and it looked like so much fun! We all promised that we would come back for dinner at some point.
As we walked back to Sol, we were talking about how we're starting to get used to the beautiful surroundings like the buildings, streets and everything! It's not good! As much as I want this to feel a "home," I don't at the same time because I don't want to take for granted how beautiful it is here.
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