Last night Jack and I were both extremely tired, so it was a pretty slow night. We ate an awful dinner, but neither of us were very hungry at all, and the location completely made up for it. We ate in the Plaza Mayor, which was absolutely beautiful, especially as the sun set. Afterwards, we returned to the Hostel and hung around the common room for the remainder of the evening. I only saw 3 other guys in our room, which had a total of 8 beds. Its possible that other members came in and left during the time we were asleep though. I talked to one gentleman, a totally incomprehensible Brit, whose name may or may not have begun with a "D".
This morning we checked out of Cat's Hostel and made our way down the block to Mad Hostel, which is basically identical in quality, except that it lacks a bar. However, there are beer vending machines with 1euro cans of mediocre beer. In the early afternoon we made our way to the Museo del Prado, after grabbing un bocadillo. The Prado was as excellent as advertised. Particularly enjoyable were the works by Hieronymus Bosch, or El Bosco as he is known here, and Las Pinturas Negras, the Black Paintings, by Goya. It wasn't particularly crowded, and we ended up strolling around for close to 4 hours. Afterwards, we walked through the Madrid Botanical Gardens, which were very pretty and a nice removal from the city.
For dinner, we stopped in at La Taperia, a tapas place with outdoor seating which was very nice. Easily the best food we've had since we've been here. We had a salad, duck confit and pork tenderloin, in addition to a pair of watery beers called Mahou. We decided that the best way to describe this beverage would be to say that it doesn't taste entirely unlike beer. In total, it ran us just over 43euro.
We're back at the Hostel now, probably gonna call it a night. I'll get back at you all soon. Much love and Erev Yom Kippur to all my Jews, L Shana Tovah.
peace
luke
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