Trains, Castles, and More...

A lot has happened since breakfast. Seriously. It feels like I have been over here for weeks already, but it has barely been 30 hours. I wish I could explain the camaraderie that travelers feel for eachother. It's like you instantly have so many things in common.

Well after my early breakfast today, I took a walk around the plaza in dt Madrid. So nice not having to be the one rushing to work. I just wandered around looking at statues and buildings. There are NO street signs though. Sometimes the names of the streets are painted on the sides of buildings. So weird.

I met back up with another backpacker at the hostel, and we decided to walk around the city more. We walked down tiny streets, waved at beautiful Spanish girls, and then got the strange feeling that it was time to move on.

Good thing we didn't have an itinerary.

So we ditched our bags at the train station and took the Metro to the soccer stadium. It was massive. We didn't go inside though cause the line was way too long. And it totally wasn't worth 18 euros.

We stopped at this small shop for lunch. I had this thick, fried quesadilla filled with these delicious potatoes and sauce. And the BEST bread ever. So good.

I think my stomach is shrinking. Cause there's no way I would've normally been full from that.

We slowly made our way back, in light snow, to the train station. We got tickets to a medium sized town called Toleda, south of Madrid. It's an amazing town FULL of castles. Actually, the whole town is built around a massive castle on a hill surrounded by high walls. It looks extremely intimidating.

We must've seen dozens of castles and walked around for miles before stopping for food. We found a cool Lebanese shop that had these HUUUUGE slabs of pork and chicken that they shaved to make sandwiches. They stuffed all this meat, along with lettuce and tomatoes, between two of their perfectly toasted fresh bread slices. It was divine.

Anyways, we also found a cool hostel that was built inside an old castle. I'm heading outside right now to take some more pics.