Madrid and Barcelona

So, I´m going to make this a really quick post because my internets time is limited.

The morning after the last post, I walked to my new hostel and waited around a bit for Max. He showed up, and we went to our room, which was small and had its own bathroom, to my surprise. We then went on the Madrid death march, seeing just about everything touristy in town to see, except the castle. We went into the Prado, which was very neat. From there, we walked about 3 miles up a road to get to the Real Madrid soccer stadium. We were able to get the cheapest tickets to the game (25 euro), so we got to watch Robinho, van Nistellrooy, Raul, Cannavaro, et al play some football. It was sweet. Night game, too, so good times. Afterwards, we tried to go out, but the city was surprisingly dead. It was a Sunday. Last note: our other two roomies that night were UNC students who were pretty cool.

The next day we got up, ate breakfast in the hostel, and then left for the airport. Our flight to Barca was delayed, so we got into Placa Catalunya at about 5:30, and checked into our hostel soonafter. We walked around the city, walking up to the modernist area, where we saw the Sagrada Familia, Gaudi´s awesome church that is still under construction. Fun fun. Then we headed back to the hostel, and we met our roomies here: two Stanford juniors, one has a twin brother at ND (in Morressey) and another from one of the Catholic suburbs of Chicago, so he´s been to a bunch of ND games and is well aware of how the school is. They´re both very nice and seem pretty fun, and Max went out with them last night while I crashed. Now I´m waiting for Max to wake up. So that is the last two days, in a nutshell.