We woke up early the next morning much to my disliking...I felt like I had gotten hit by a train. I guess the whole being sick and not getting sleep wasn't a good combination. I DID get out of bed though and went to the kitchen where I found "breakfast". Good thing the yogurt in Spain is sour and they like warm whole milk with their cereal. Let's just say I ended up having toast!
Our first stop of the day was the Prado. I was SO happy to step outside and see the sun shining! The walk to the museum was gorgeous, the architecture in Spain is amazing. Different than London but just as pretty! The cobblestone streets and wrought iron on the windows and rails made me feel like I was in Disneyworld, but this was the real thing! It seemed surreal to be in Spain and even more surreal to see such bright skies! We spent a couple hours in the Prado, lots of Catholic art with descriptions I couldn't read. One of my new years resolutions is to start learning Spanish, but I'm so motivated now after not being able to read (or understand what people were saying) anything! I want to learn SO much more about art history, there is so much to every painting and I want to know about it all! I think I'll go home, spend a few years learning more about some of the pieces I've seen both in Spain and London and then come back and be able to tell whoever I'm with (Hmm...I wonder who that will be? hee) all about the story behind the art!
We just wandered around the streets for a while looking for some place to get some food, but we ended up finding something even better! Tons of beautiful buildings and doors and walls! Just looking around was one of my favorite things, there was so much to see! I could've spent all day just walking around looking at the architecture. We have some beautiful building in the States, but everything here is just so...old! Every day I think I grow fonder of the architecture here. In my classic civilization class I'm taking here we're learning about the symbolism and the importance of how ancient buildings were constructed and it's been the coolest thing to learn about that and then go out into the world and see it. Knowing what you're looking at makes you appreciate so much more...strange concept, right? There's so much to know, I just want to learn about it all! I'm glad I'm not taking the Greek and Roman mythology here though because there's mythological ties to every building in Spain it seemed like and Kalyn couldn't stop pointing it out...I think I'd get annoyed of noticing Minerva everywhere I went. 
After the Prado we walked around, got sucked in to stopping by the little tour stands across the street, and ended up going to a restaurant the guy at our hostel suggested. Nothing sounded good to me, but I ordered some lentil stew. It was the only thing on the menu that didn't involve seafood. Everyone else got paella...a tradition Spanish dish. If you go to Spain get paella for the experience, not to satisfy your taste. haha I didn't have any, but the plate had seafood that still had eyes and hunks of chicken with the bones and everything...Questionable. I don't know if I'll ever be brave enough to try it myself. I think watching everyone eat theirs was a good enough exposure to it.
I ended up staying behind at the hostel to catch up on sleep for a few hours while the girls went for a walk to the cathedral and palace. Best decision of the trip. haha It was hard choosing to miss out, but I really needed the sleep since I felt like a zombie. And it helped that Julie texted me while I was alone to check up on me and see how I was doing :) I emailed my mom too...oh how I love technology.
We were all pretty dead after the show since it didn't get over until about 12:30 am, so once we got to the hostel I pretty much just had time to brush my teeth before I fell into bed. Best decision of tonight-finding earplugs.
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