We had tickets for an overnight bus from Lisbon to Madrid. It left at 9:00 at night and did not get to Madrid until 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning. I was tired enough from the all day tour that I was pretty confident I'd sleep. As we were boarding the bus, however, the bus driver (who was not very nice) would not let us bring our backpacks on the bus. It's not that I really needed anything in there, but it would have been a comfort to have access to my things. For example, I rescued my mp3 player from the bag before I tossed it in the luggage compartment but I did not get any batteries. If my music had died, it would have been a very loooonnnnggg night. But luckily, I did not require any items from my bag.
We got to Madrid around 6:30 in the morning. We checked into our hostel and waited around for them to serve breakfast so we could reap the benefits of free food. With restored energy, we set out to explore Madrid. We were impressed, as we always are, with the architechture of the buildings. It reminded me more of Paris than of Lisbon, which was surprising. I thought there would be more similarities between Portugal and Spain, but the two are very different.
We continued to walk through Madrid, with no real plan in mind. We had to meet Kirsten, who was flying in from Dublin, around lunchtime, but we had several hours to kill in Madrid first.
The street signs in European cities are so pretty! I noticed them in Paris as well...they're almost like pieces of art in themselves.
As we walked through one of Madrid's parks, I saw lots of advertisements for the movie Twilight. The Spanish title is even creepier than the English one. Crepusculo. Pretty scary.
We found Palacio de Cristal, which means Crystal Palace. It was a small castle made out of glass! We went inside, but to walk on the floors (which are not made of glass) we had to take our shoes off and as it was all wet inside, we decided against it. It was still really cool though.
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