wait. just listen. let me tell you about my perfect weekend in spain. I had winter break this week...so i had thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday to do what i want in madrid. perfection.
thursday, carissa and i went shopping over at nuevos ministerios and got this awesome gold shiny sweater. it's ke$ha-esque and amazing. then we met the girls (lucie, ariel, and lucie's friend allie) at plaza de españa and went to a chinese buffet. omg so good. just what i've been craving. such a hidden gem too...like crystals all hanging from the ceiling.
then friday, we (me, carissa, ariel, lucie, and katie- the core 5) went to la mordida (a mexican restaurant) where we got nachos con guacamole and margaritas and more. again, amazing. we were walking back to the metro when we spotted a gelato place and i didn't want any yet i got violet gelato. ICE CREAM WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. this gelato was UNREAL. i don't even know how to explain it. it was a mix of the lavender smell and violets and pure joy. it was such a gorgeous day out so carissa and i came back home and grabbed a blanket and walked to the park and laid down for a while. it was so fun! i also have a portrait assignment for my photography class so i was snapping pictures the whole time- when they're done being edited, i'll put them up.
so then today, carissa and i went to segovia (the other 3 went to el escorial). it was quite an adventure. we decided to go, but we weren't sure which train to take (because there was cercanias train and renfe ave train). we went to the metro stop that the train station is at and couldn't find where to buy the tickets. we wandered around like lost ducklings until we walked into the right place- the train station. but we STILL couldn't find where to buy tickets until we spotted it up further ahead. we waited on line but were scared we were going to miss the train...when carissa saw that one of the ticket booth lines said Segovia on it so we went over there and skipped the line and bought tickets. we got on the train and in 30 minutes, we were there. THEN we get off the train and we're in the middle of nowhere! there's a tourist office/store where we asked how to get to segovia and she gave us a map and directed us toward the public bus. uhhhh okay. so a million people CRAM onto this public bus and the driver was horrible so we were all falling all over each other and it was horrible. 15 crammed minutes later, the aqueducts were in sight. we hopped off and took millions of pictures and walked all around. it was GORGEOUS and it was a beauuuutiful day. it kind of looked like toledo. carissa and i also had a 3 hour lunch, sipping on white wine and eating croquetas. and the aqueducts are unbelievable. there was also a jewish section! and a castle that the castle in sleeping beauty was inspired by. all in all, it was a great day. but i'm tired.
segovia is also famous for their cuchinillo (suckling pig) which is like literally a baby pig and you eat it and they're all over the restaurants but i wouldn't even think about eating it. disgusting.
and people need to stop making out in public. why is everyone in a relationship here?
and the men need to stop being attractive. enough, already.
the castle inspiration for sleeping beauty!
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