Wednesday, April 16, 2014

New Year's Eve!

I was still new in Madrid, so the rose colored glasses were firmly in place. I was loving every minute of learning about the city, seeing the buildings, and getting used to finding new places to go. I arrived to Madrid on 28 December, 2013... so guess what the third day was: NEW YEAR'S EVE!! That's right, I was about to ring in the New Year in my new city. It was still so surreal, and I really didn't have plans for the night. I knew I had to go somewhere, because my hostel let us know that they would be closed, so the employees could go out as well. Pretty cool of them, I think. 
I teamed up with the Wrecking Crew: Jay, Sebastian, Sophia, and Maria, and we made plans to hit the town running. 

We made our way to Sol, armed with Sangria, Tinto de Verano, and of course: grapes. 
Jay werkin' on Gran Vía.

I love the Cmas decorations around town. This one is at Sol.

Here's another one around the center.

The lights over Gran Vía.

On the way to Sol...

The tree in Gran Vía. 

Jay and the tree.

O Hai, that's me!

Twerkin' around... the Christmas tree...

Really, the decorations are quite lovely.

More lights.


When we arrived, we found the police confiscating liquor, so we decided to drink it all right there. Of course, there were more pictures taken while we drank:

























More captions, pictures, and shenanigans in part 2! Hala Madrid!! <3 <3 <3

Second Night Shenanigans

The second day in Madrid was as much fun as the first. I met up with Jay, and we went through the city, taking in all the sights and sounds. It was much easier to NOT GET LOST with a friend in tow.
We realized that we were learning a bit about the city and where we were staying. Jay is fluent in Spanish, so I didn't feel as lost as I did before, but I still knew I'd have to work on learning the language.

Jay, Sebastian and I met up with Maria and Sophia, two other girls from our hostel and hit the town.

This is going to be a short post, but I wanted to post some of the pictures from the second day in Spain. I will edit as I think of more commentary.

Sebastian checking for news from home.

Maria and Sophia at the cervecería.

The Gang's all here!

A picture with my girls!

'Nuff Said...

Theatre!

We were drinking here!

Sebastian busting a move.

Jay lending a helping hand.

I'm seeing a lot of 'WTF' graffiti here. Like: "Y'all. Really?"

Seb nibbling on a flyer. 
The view from our balcony.