GAHHHH EVERYTHING IS CONFUSING G:LKJSF

ok. so. I don't even know where to big.

I'm in Madrid right now, sitting on a wooden floor in the middle of my youth hostel dorm filled with 12 beds of which all were full last night and 5 are full now.

Tomorrow: Milan.

Yesterday: Arrived in Madrid sort of.... awesomely. We got of the AIFS bus (Kelley, Esther and I) and sort of looked around at our surroundings and said "Great. now where are we?" . We found a map, orientated ourselves... looking for our booked hostel... started walking and then after about 20 minutes decided we were going the wrong way. We found our hostel, were pleasanlty surprised at its quaintness and we promptly left it to go find an interenet cafe at which we might (Finally!) print boarding passes for Milan.

No printer. It was fine, though. We'd do it the next day. (Well, I had all my stuff print out. I was organized). So we decided to collectively, instead, rebook our train from Milan to Venice because we only had 90 minutes to leave the plane and get on the train with a 50 km trip in between. Not exchangeable. a;sldkfja;sdlkfj. Ran out of internet time, we'd talk about it and the risks and do it the next day.

Good night out, except, i lost my voice in the process. It's unhappy that it's not considered rude to say, blow smoke in someone's face. Anyway, from Smoke and a previous flu bug I caught in Granada, I became voiceless and am currently in the same state.

MONDAY: (Today)

Tried to go to museums. All were closed. Museums close on mondays, i guess.

So we went to this park. a beautiful park. Full of trees, and fountains and a LAKE and a Crystal Palace! and more!

We rented a paddle boat (With rowing oars, not with peddles) and we chased ducks. (Pictures to come eventually, I promise.)

And later we tried the internet again, and we realized we can't refund our train ticket at all, so we have to be out 14 Euros if we can't get to the station in time, so we decided to try and make it on time (without the expensive taxi) but we decided to cancel all of our reservations in case we don't make it. Saves 50 euro, at least.

So now we are in Limbo. Will we make the train? How much are we willing to spend in order to mkae it? Where will we stay if we make it, where will we stay if we don't?

We have no answers. it's almost 3am where I am and i am looking up possibilities.

But there is more that ensued. My salad had anchovies on it. :(. and then the astronomy observatory was closed. I ate homus for dinner! it was delicious, and the we found a place to print Esther's boarding pass (Finally!!) but then I got pick pocketed after giving a Cellist some money because i liked his playing. (5 others gave the cellist money after i set the example. 1 other must have seen the fact that i had a wallet).

So now i am out 20 Euro, 1 traveler's check, 20 USD, 1 liscence, 1 Salamanca ID card and 1 ATM.

I"m leaving at 1pm tomorrow to go to the airport.

:) !! (sarcasm).

Good things:
At Hostels there are all sorts of people. I met a guy from Istanbul, one from Brazil, one from El Salvador. The one from Turkey exchanged emails with me, and he's going to send me some sort of information regarding my major.

Also, while waiting for Esther and Kelley at our designated meeting spot (They were 30 minutes late, another thing that might add to the stress of the day!!), I spoke with 2 british men about Swans and the California Governor. Apparently, all the swans in England are owned by the Queen.

I should sleep. I have a long day tomorrow. It seems my new bedtime is once again 3 am .

Things i need to further blog about:

1) Post Pictures of the Royal Palace in Seville as well as pictures of the epic epic epic park.

2) Post Pictures of the Alhambra in Granada (Beautiful architecture) (1300s) (Columbus!)

3) Post Pictures of the Windmills of Don Quixote

4) Write about Christopher Columbus's Coffin experience