In the same day, around noonish, I saw a woman in a bright orange jumpsuit (jail-style) running to catch the metro...sketchy, and then in Callao Plaza, a dwarf was riding a razor scooter. Im going to miss this crazy place!
Today was a day of premature wrapping-up. sad... but notable things were accomplished
A. Made a last trip to La Mallorquina- the best pastries in the entire country. The Chocolate Nepolitanos are soo good. I took my mom when she visited and she can back me up on that one. It wasnt so busy today, being a Thursday morning and all, and we got a seat upstairs by the window overlooking Puerta de Sol. It was perfect.
B. If you remember my wifi rant...I decided to brave El Corte Ingles in Callao to see if the blogs ive read are true- that theres a great cafe on the top floor with great views of the city. So True!!! Although, this is a fancy-ish restaurant- like wine glasses are already on the tables, cloth napkins, and waiters in suits-- so fancier than your average cafe study spot. We felt bad tricking them into serving us and then whipping out the study materials, so we asked and they even gave us the big round table with a stellar view of the entire city. The rain dropplets on the glass window made taking a picture really difficult, so youll just have to check it out for yoursevles :)
C. Tomorrow we're going to El Escorial, about 45 outside of the city- the palace built by King Felipe II. Its gonna be cool after studying him in my history class here. He was so mysterious and brilliant- in church, his seat was behind a curtain, that had a full-time curtain operator to periodically reveal the king, so people would never know if the king was present or not. He designed the throne room using an optical illusion to make himself seem imposing and huge, and was famous for sending congratulations and get well cards, so it seemed as if he knew everything. Nerd alert, I know.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment