but first! on Thursday, Jano, Cris, David and I went to Rodilla! They make sandwiches and stuff that are really good but usually overpriced. Howevverrrr, All of us are members so we got 4 sandwiches for 3.20! woo hooo. The best one was pollo al curry, curry chicken.
Then on Friday, when I got out of class, Jano and I went to the airport to meet Rachel who was supposed to arrive at 5:30. Apparently, due to an air traffic controller strike in France, her flight was delayed and didn't get in until 7:30. As much as we tried not to waste money on food, we ended up buying a chocolate pastry (napolitana, my fav) and a bag of chips that Jano swore cost 90 cents. Then, when the cashier said they cost 1.30, Jano said, no, they cost 90 cents. Anyway, it didn't say 90 cents anywhere...hmm. These are the kind of crazy things that happen to me in Madrid. When Rachel arrived, we went out to have sangria and tapas. We ordered Iberian Ham, croquetas, tortilla espanola and sangria. Rachel didn't like the sangria or the tortilla. Then Jano decided he was still hungry so we went to Don Oso (home of reallly really good burgers for only 2.10!!) and after to McDonalds where I have discovered coffee with ice cream! I don't think we have that in the states but it's really good and only a euro! Again, really exciting stuff going on here!
Then, Saturday, Rachel and I got up to go site-see a little bit, but it was raining so it wasn't as active and impressive as it could have been. We went to Plaza Mayor, Sol, Gran Via and the palace. After that we went home, had lunch and siestaaa. That night was supposed to be a huge party with all of Jano's friends from home, from school and my American friends. Welll, it ends up it was Jano, Rachel, Jano's friend Juan and me, but it was still really fun! We went barhopping in tribunal, ordered the smallest pitcher of beer I have ever seen and then kicked ass at fusbol! Oh yea! We decided to take the night bus home to save some money, something I have never done to my new house. Inevitably, Rachel and I ended up in the middle of nowhere at 4 in the morning freezing our assess off. (Don't worry mommy I was totally in control of the situation.) Thanks to the ipod and cell phones, Jano was able to come to the rescue on his shiny, yellow horse. It ends up we were in Christiano Ronaldo's neighborhood, so I don't think we could have been much safer anywhere else in Madrid!
Sunday we went to Jano's house and he made us very very yummy chicken. Then Rachel took a 5 hour siesta. That night we went to VIPS for dinner and went home to watch U.S. vs Canada in hockey! It took us awhile to find somewhere to watch it online, and many porn ads came up. We were even just watching the facebook posts people were putting up about the game to know what was happening for awhile. We found a website just in time to see the last-minute goal and overtime. After we lost, we went to bed. Rachel also gave me a present! A shot-book page converted into a page for people who don't have shot books, haha. Thanks so much for coming and everything, babe. It was so nice to see you.
Monday morning we got up at 4:45 to take Rachel to the airport. Good news, that early in the morning we didn't have to pay the tolls! I got home at 6:15 and was able to sleep for another hour and a half or so before I had to get ready for class. Monday, I was informed of something extraordinary! There exists a website where I can watch not only project runway, but also The Bachelor, American Idol, America's Next Top Model, 30 Rock, Dexter, Californication and pretty much anything else. Not to mention they have movies on there! So far I've caught up on Project Runway, watched 4 hours of American Idol, an episode of The Bachelor and The Lovely Bones. :) I almost feel like I'm in the U.S.
Tuesday nothing exciting happened. I spent the night at Jano's and we had sandwiches for dinner.
Wednesday, today, I went to the store and bought myself a second pillow and a second towel!! It's almost like I have a real home now! The only thing I couldn't find was the clear plastic hair rubberbands I use, sooo if anyone was thinking of sending me a care package...haha
OH! I almost forgot, one of my roommate's friends told me about an American store where they sell American brand food and stuff. Rachel and I checked it out online, and basically it looks really expensive. A box of Lucky Charms is 8.50 euros. The only thing I considered buying were the measuring cups and spoons for making American recipes. They also had chocolate chip cookie mix that was pretty reasonable.
I also signed up and paid for a trip to Valencia for las Fallas on March 19th! wooo. Las Fallas is a festival in Valencia where they spend all year building these wooden figurines and then burn them at night, eat Paella and drink. A couple of friends and I are going to do that, and I'm suuuppeer excited..
P.S. Think of me on my birthday :( I wish I could be there to celebrate with you guys. It's going to be hard to celebrate my 21st here, but I know Jano and his family will make it special for me.
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