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The last night in Granada we met American sisters who were staying in our hostel and Matt invited them to hang out with us. The girls main reason for staying at the hostel was that they had read there were free pancake and waffle breakfasts. Unfortunately that is not true, I really wish it were true. So for anyone who goes to Granada, Spain and stays at The Oasis Hostel there is NOT a pancake and waffle breakfast. We went to this lookout point over the Alhambra that we had been to during the day time and it was even more spectacular at night. There is a plaza where people can sit, drink and enjoy the view of the Alhambra and the city lit up below. Five Spanish guys came into the plaza on horse back and were just riding around the town, they weren’t selling rides, just five guys with horses out on the town. They definitely would have a leg up on most other guys when it comes to picking up ladies. Afterword we went to a tapas bar and I had some ridiculously large tapas, so big I couldn’t even eat them all and they were so very delicious.

The plan was for Matt and I to part ways on Friday, for me to head to Madrid, which is North, and for Matt to head southwest to catch his plane on Sunday. Unfortunately Matt was still feeling sick and is staying in Granada another night. I had already booked a hostel in Madrid so I needed to head out. Matt is happy that in a maximum of three days he will no longer be in Spain, either because he is back in Canada or because he has died. I am hoping it’s the first one because we had a really great time together the past week and I will miss his sense of humor and his accent. Per Matt’s request I would also like to point out that he does NOT ate hart.

On the bus ride to Madrid I had the entire back seat to myself and it was very nice. The only downside was that neither of my seats would recline.

Once I got to Madrid I took the metro to my hostel that is located in the very center of town in an unmarked building. The hostel is amazing, the staff is really friendly and helpful, its clean, there is really cold A/C, the showers are plentiful and hot, the wifi is fast and strong, there are 6 new computers, a full kitchen and a giant grocery store is within 50 meters.

I went out to walk around the town and passed a McDonalds, where an animals rights protest was going on and a guy was showing a video on his laptop of pigs being slaughtered. Do they even have pork at McDonalds? I thought they just had chicken and beef product. When I say I walked by a McDonalds I also mean I went inside and ate, I love McDonalds so much, I am definitely addicted. On my way back to the hostel I saw a woman in a very short dress and too much makeup, I thought to myself that woman looks like a whore. About 10 meters, yes I am using meters now, later I saw another woman who looked similar and I looked ahead to see more women all dressed very scantly and all by themselves. These were hookers after all.

On Saturday and Sundays some of the museums in Madrid are free and I woke up Saturday intent on exploring the city and going to a free museum. I got a call from the American sisters I met in Granada and they were in Madrid and headed to Toledo for the day. Since the museums are also free on Sunday I decided to join them and we decided to meet at the bus station that we had arrived at in Madrid. I went to the nearest metro station and hoped on a train. I got to the bus station in one stop and was really pleased with myself until I realized that I was at the wrong bus station. I asked for help and then had to wait for 10 minutes and then got on the right train to the proper bus station. When I got to the station the girls weren’t there yet, they also had gone the wrong direction. We went to the bus kiosk to buy bus tickets to Toledo but Toledo wasn’t a choice. We asked at the information station and were told to take a SE bus and then L6. We went outside and got on the SE bus and when we arrived at the correct stop we saw the sign for the L6 bus and sat to wait. We waited for at least 30 minutes and were really confused. I looked at the sign for the L6 and discovered that it was a bus that didn’t start running until 1:30 am, something was wrong. We asked for help and were told to take the metro to where we wanted to go for the bus to Toledo. In the metro station we looked at the map and realized that the initial directions that we had gotten had meant metro line 6 not the bus called L6.

We walked all over Toledo in the hotness and I am exhausted. I ate a delicious smoked ham and cheese sandwich. Tomorrow I have a LOT of places to visit, it will be a very hectic day.

At night I was approached by a prostitute who said “Hey sugar, you are cute. I’ll do you for free” I told her no thanks and kept walking. She started to pursue me and I had to start speed walking. As she followed, I must have stepped out of her designated prostitution zone because she suddenly stopped and returned to her place on the street.

I have made more plans, after Valencia I am going to Barcelona and then to Rome before I head to Germany. I found an amazing deal out of Barcelona into Rome and I am really excited about going there.

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