So to wrap up San sebastian....really cool little town, pretty good pub crawl, met some nice people, went on a hike, hung out. I was just there for2 days, and it was a nice break after the craziness of Barc!
So after San Sebastian I took a train to Madrid! I was staying at a pretty cool hostel called Cats Hostel, which had a really cool common room and a bar in the basement. While on the train to Madrid i rediscovered a useful app on my iPad...its a subway app that has like all major city's metro maps! So before I even got off the train I knew where we would be arriving and what metro stop was closest to my hostel. (seriously that little thing has saved me!)
As I walk in to my hostel In Madrid I run into a friend that I met while in Barcelona! It's been interesting traveling alone, and on every train ride to the next city i prepare myself to meet all new people again....so I was pretty pumped to see my favorite Indian friend sitting in the common room! Madrid was crazy....that night i did the pub crawl (surprise surprise right?) we went to Kapital, the largest club in Madrid. It was CRAZY awesome. Let's just say the night started with Tequila shots and ended with an hour long journey to find a chocolateria at 6am. (oh don't worry-we did find it) apparently spanish people enjoy dipping churros into chocolate after a late night o
f drinking. We have that in common. We simply refer to this night as "tequila night" when talking about it, and I most definitely met some of the coolest people that night. Hopefully I'll run into them again, and one of them decided to come to Lisbon with me!
As you can see from my Facebook photos, I spent a couple days simply walking around the city, and also took the free walking tour to learn more about the city.On Sunday i went to the Prado Museum to see some sweet Spanish art, which
As you can see from my Facebook photos, I spent a couple days simply walking around the city, and also took the free walking tour to learn more about the city.On Sunday i went to the Prado Museum to see some sweet Spanish art, which
was cool. Monday I went to another museum with more contemporary Spanish art, also really fun. The museums in Madrid are huge!!
Monday night I took the night train to Lisbon. And no, I didn't splurge for the sleeper car, because I'm poor. It left Madrid at 10:30pm and got into Lisbon (Portugal) at 7:30am, so i Also saved a nights sleep at a hostel! The best part about this is that I made an Aussie friend (tequila night) while in Madrid and she ended up booking a train to Lisbon as well! She's a solo traveler, like me, with no itinerary. After this she's staying in Spain for the rest of the month, but we're traveling Lisbon together for the next couple days.
Full disclosure, I have only wanted to go to Lisbon since They went there on the last Bachelorette. Ali and Roberto danced in the street, and I was sold. Plus obviously it looked like an amazing city, and it is....
Ok people, LISBON IS BEAUTIFUL! I think it's more beautiful than Madrid, which is saying a lot because I loved Madrid. Its not as cleaned up, I don't feel like there are tourist traps around every corner and I don't see as many tourists. It's as beautiful as Madrid without feeling like you're in a big city. It's a European version of San Francisco, with a fake golden gate bridge and all! We had a beach day today, so I don't have many pictures, but I'm going all around tomorrow to take pictures! We went to a beach today in a neighboring town, which was good except Sidenote: I am now burnt like a lobster
Monday night I took the night train to Lisbon. And no, I didn't splurge for the sleeper car, because I'm poor. It left Madrid at 10:30pm and got into Lisbon (Portugal) at 7:30am, so i Also saved a nights sleep at a hostel! The best part about this is that I made an Aussie friend (tequila night) while in Madrid and she ended up booking a train to Lisbon as well! She's a solo traveler, like me, with no itinerary. After this she's staying in Spain for the rest of the month, but we're traveling Lisbon together for the next couple days.
Full disclosure, I have only wanted to go to Lisbon since They went there on the last Bachelorette. Ali and Roberto danced in the street, and I was sold. Plus obviously it looked like an amazing city, and it is....
Ok people, LISBON IS BEAUTIFUL! I think it's more beautiful than Madrid, which is saying a lot because I loved Madrid. Its not as cleaned up, I don't feel like there are tourist traps around every corner and I don't see as many tourists. It's as beautiful as Madrid without feeling like you're in a big city. It's a European version of San Francisco, with a fake golden gate bridge and all! We had a beach day today, so I don't have many pictures, but I'm going all around tomorrow to take pictures! We went to a beach today in a neighboring town, which was good except Sidenote: I am now burnt like a lobster
after falling asleep on the beach today...I was doing so well with the whole sunscreen thing up until now. At least I put some on my face, but then I smeared it down on ONE side of my neck a little without thinking, so now I look like I have a skin condition. Yeah. It's really pretty, look forward to that in the photos...
Tomorrow I'm waking up early and going exploring! I'll try to post photos tomorrow night when I get back in, maybe during my siesta (which is a habit that is turning out to be reeeeally hard to break.)
♥RG
Tomorrow I'm waking up early and going exploring! I'll try to post photos tomorrow night when I get back in, maybe during my siesta (which is a habit that is turning out to be reeeeally hard to break.)♥RG
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