Quick Update

So it's taken me about this long to recover but Madrid was really great. We did all of the required touristy things, including going to the Prado (so big and I'll be honest, a little repetative, I wish I appreciated art more), the Reina Sofia (awesome, awesome, awesome, we should go back here), the Palacio Real (also awesome, I was imaging what it would be like to live there when it housed actually royalty- I feel like they would have had to change their outfits to match the different rooms, that's how loud some of the decor was), and the Catedral (where Prince Felipe and his wife were married). The Moscow Ballet Company was performing Swan Lake at this beautiful theater and I wanted to go so so badly, I mean that would be amazing, but the tickets were about 80 euro so we kind of had to opt out.

I went to Starbucks for breakfast on Sunday, don't judge me, it was delicious and I was missing my fru-fru coffee. Saturday night a bunch of my friends went to this discoteco called Kapital- 5 stories high with a different theme on each floor. 20 euro to get in after 1:30, which is ridiculous and you would only find prices like that in Madrid, which is one of the most expensive cities I've been to. Other than the big pulls like the museums and the food, Madrid is basically just another big city. For a second, I felt like I could have been in Chicago, but then I looked up at the buildings and was amazed at how the most mundane-looking store fronts can actually be part of some of the most beautiful architecture. The facades were so intricate and it was really breathtaking. Anyway though, I didn't go to Kapital because I feel like I'm about to get a cold and I didn't want to speed up the process by drinking and staying up until 6 or 7, although I'm sure that would have been a lot of fun.

So Madrid was good, but I'm having a hard time gushing over it because in less than 48 hours,

I WILL BE IN PARIS.

There are no words for how excited I am. Paris. My whole life I've wanted to go to Paris, and on Friday...I'LL BE THERE!!! Paul sent me a list of things we're going to do and I literally got butterflies from excitement. This is incredible. In less than 48 hours I will be seeing things I've wanted to see my whole life and I will be surrounded by people speaking in beautiful, prefect,  fluent French and I'll be skipping around singing "Aux Champs-Elysees" (that's for you Bobby). Probably not the last part, but I can't wait to see Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe and the Moulin Rouge and Versailles and everything. Still deciding about the Louvre.. I'm going to take millions of pictures and when I get back I'll post them (along with the slightly less incredible and exciting pictures of Madrid). Wish me luck with the terrorist warning, and let's hope that there are no strikes and I can get back to Spain on Monday. Although, I'm going to be in Paris, so that wouldn't be the worst thing ever :)

Au revoir