3/2/2020-3/7/2020

This was the week before Spring Break, which was mainly anticipating going on Spring break the following week. We mostly planned out what we wanted to do, what Airbnbs we were going to stay in, and how to get from city to city. Thursday evening I went shopping after classes and got some cool shirts that I was excited to wear during our trip. Thursday night, Enrique, Dany, Hannah and I all hung out at my host family's house and were just excited talking about our trip. Dany and Hannah stayed the night so we could all go to the train station in the morning together and then head to the airport. Friday morning we took a plane to Madrid and touched down pretty early in the day. When we first got there, we took an uber to the neighborhood that our Airbnb was in and ate some bomb tacos and margaritas while waiting for the owner to let us into the apartment. It was pretty close to Plaza Mayor so we spent some time there the first night. The next day we went to the Real Jardin Botanico and walked around the Botanical gardens. From there we went to Palacio de Cristal which was really cool and the park around it was beautiful too. The weather was beautiful and I think we were all happy to be in the sun and not wear a heavy jacket all day. That night we went to a really cool club that had 7 stories and a giant air fan that would blow cold air on us while we danced which was fun. On Sunday we went to a pretty fancy restaurant for lunch and then walked to the Royal Palace of Madrid. That evening, we met up with Cody and some of his friends studying abroad in Spain, we went to another really good taco place (I really missed Mexican Food). Me and Dany were still in the mood to go out and dance so we went to a small club nearby. Afterwards, we went to the airbnb and got ready for bed and to leave the next day.