Unfortunately, Kenny and Carrie have left Madrid. They were here for a week, and I wish they could've spent more time here. I feel as if we barely scratched Madrid's (and Spain's) surface. Anyways, here is a short chronicle of our adventures)
After our day trip to Ávila, I went to classes on Tuesday. After my classes, we met up, and spontaneously decided to go to the Real Madrid game that night. I had only heard about it that afternoon, and it was one of the cheaper games since it was Champion's League against Dinamo Zagreb (from Croatia). It was a great game, RM won 6-2!!! We were up in the nosebleeds but it was definitely an incredible experience. After the game, we got kabob for dinner and met up with some of the people from my program who had gone to the game. We celebrated Madrid's victory at an Irish pub called Dubliners. It was a great time.
Wednesday was a very relaxing day. We got up late, and Kenny and I wandered around Retiro park for the late morning/early afternoon. I had to leave before we got lunch to go tutor, but we met up afterwards. We went to Chueca for pizza and ice cream. I always enjoy an evening in Chueca, and they agreed that both the pizza and the ice cream were pretty amazing.
Thursday I had classes again, but this time Carrie and Kenny met me at school. We ate lunch in the restaurant on campus, and then they came to my Literature class. Carrie doesn't really know any Spanish, and Kenny knows a little. So sitting in a class completely in Spanish I'm sure was a little difficult, but they both wanted to come. After classes, we went back to my apartment and got salad and dessert to take over to my friend Jeannette's apartment for Thanksgiving. There were supposed to be 12 people (including us), but there ended up being 20!! We still had a pretty good time, and Carrie and Kenny got to meet more of my friends. Thursday night Carrie and I had ladies night out with some of my friends. We went out to a couple different places, so she could see what European nightlife is like (Kenny got to get some much-needed sleep).
Friday they checked out of their hostel, we did some quick souvenir shopping, and then went to my apartment. Carrie and I took a long nap (to catch up with Kenny) and we had lunch in my apartment. For dinner, we met up with my friend Devon and went to Cien Montaditos. It's a chain where pints of beer are 1 euro if you buy a sandwich. It was pretty good, and I had never been there before. After that, we celebrated Kenny's birthday. We joked that it was more of his 21st birthday, since he got a flaming bottle of cava (Spanish champagne) for free at one bar. We had a great time celebrating, and I know he enjoyed being the center of attention and getting things for free.
They left this Saturday morning, with a suitcase full of my belongings. Luckily, no extra baggage fees had to be paid. I miss them already. I really liked having them here, and sharing my life here with them. After they left, I started to mentally get ready to go home. I know I still have about a month left, but that isn't that much, and I am really starting to miss home. Hopefully these last couple weeks will pass quickly, but not so quick that I cannot enjoy them.
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