Last day.

It is our last full day in Madrid.
Transition.
I ran into julia (a girl in my spanish 4 class) randomly in the streets. I didn't know her all that well, but it was still cool. We also finally hit up some museums - a nice art one and the royal palace, which was gaudy but cool. There was one room where the painted figures were interacting with fixtures in the room - more informal than I expected but very cool looking.
But most of our time is spent wandering the city. It is narrow roads and broad sidewalks. Lots of pedestrian traffic. Most stores and things are very small but multiple stories high. Ocassionally there are plazas, in which there is always something going on. There is lots of graffiti, but I actually like it. It is artistic rather than gang related. Some of it is funny - like the palace, they incorporate fixtures into the art. All of it is colorful and rather pleasant. There is also a lot of pro-anarchy political graffti, which is not so optically pleasant but is still amusing. The people here are friendly - everyone talks to strangers a lot more than in America. Living in a hostel is a lot of fun. It only magnifies that sentiment.

Anyways, I'm off to get some horchata (delicious milk, rice, and cinnamon drink) and then do nightly things. Adiós.