So as you know I turned 21 last friday! Woot woot! I finally got my first legal drink. But not really since I have been drinking legally for the past 3 months. To start off, Thursday night the 14th Ky and Xy treated me to an AMAZING birthday dinner. They surprised me and took me to the nicest restaurant I've been to in Sevilla, and I had pasta Alfredo, which is my favorite food in the world! I know what you're probably thinking, pasta in Sevilla? Thats not a spanish food! But frankly I am pretty sick and tired of the spanish food. Give me some good 'ol pizza and burgers and PASTA. (I'll keep eating the paella though, love that stuff). I decided not to go out TOO hard on the 14th (I know, i'm lame) because I had to wake up at 5:30 the next morning... yuck.
So although I had to start my birthday off by waking up at 5:30 am, it was okay because I was going to Madrid! (and also I got to sleep on the train). When we arrived in Madrid we went directly to the Museo del Prado. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any pictures at the Museo del Prado which is a huge bummer since many of my favorite pieces (included Velázquez's Las Meninas) are located there.
Fun Fact: the basureros (trash picker upers) are on strike in Madrid right now so we were surprised with many lovely views such as this. You can imagine what it was like after the rain....
After the Museum, we got a tour of the royal opera house which was awesome. We went into the room that the king and queen would always watch the opera from (which is the center of the picture below)
Some royal restaurant in the royal opera house
A royal chandelier. I'm telling you, pretty much everything is royal in this country.
After the tour of the Opera, we had a little free time. We got some lunch and then explored the city a bit. That night we went to an AMAZING french ballet and out for drinks.
The lovely group of girls I went with and I in front of the cathedral. (Sorry that you can't actually see the cathedral, it wasn't that pretty anyway, Sevilla's is better)
The Palacio Real (Royal palace if you couldn't figure that out). This was absolutely stunning! This is the official residence of the Royal Family, although Juan Carlos does not currently live there. He prefers a more modest palace outside of the city. (Yea I guess I would probably get sick of 1,450,000 sq feet too....)
After the tour, we had the rest of the day for free time. We went shopping during the day, and than on Saturday night we went to Kapital, which is this 7 floor dance club that Madrid is famous for.
On Sunday (after 3 hours of sleep...) we went to the Museo del Reina Sofia which is the national Museum of art from the 20th century. Here I got to see Guernica, Picasso's most famous piece of artwork. It was insanely huge, I couldn't even imagine how he could fit it into his house! We then took a train back to Sevilla, and I slept/did homework the rest of the day.
One thing I realized after Madrid is that I suck at packing. I did not bring any sort of jackets sufficient enough for cold weather. I guess I forgot what 40 degrees feels like? But good thing my mom sent me some gloves in the mail! ;)
Oh and did I mention this trip was free since it was with my program? (mostly free... they obviously didn't pay for the dance club or the drinks...) Yep I'd say it was a good 21st birthday.
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