weekend with Mary

so this past weekend my exchange friend Mary, who lives in the canary islands, came up to visit Madrid and stayed at my house. so basically a weekend long sleepover. score.

so on Friday she came and settled in, but it was late so we just ate and went to bed. well, not really went to bed, but we were hanging in my room talkin. then Saturday we went into Madrid and I gave her the tour. its really cool knowing that I know Madrid well enough to be able to show people around and know where things are. its a great feeling. so we went to plaza de espana and puerta del sol and plaza mayor and gran via and palacio real and it was all super cool. in gran via they were having another protest. not surprising. so then we got ice cream and wasted our time until 3. I want to add that I saw these pants that I really liked and this guy was like 10 euros and im like mmmm im gonna think about it (meaning I was seriously going to walk a round a bit more and think about it) but then he was like 'okay, for you 8 euros' so im like okay i'll take 'em. so I wasn't even meaning to barter it down, but hey, whatever works. so then we were to meet some other exchange students and see catching fire. and oh my goodness I loved it. I think it was a huge improvement from the hunger games and I cant wait to see the next 2. so then after the movie we all hung out a bit, but then mary and I were both pretty tired so we headed home. but it was a great day. some pictures:

these performers we figured were from some university or something, but they were just walking around and singing and playing and it was great.

 

on the train

 

plaza de espana

 

plaza mayor

 

plaza de espana otra vez

 

our favorite street performer

 

palacio real with the view from the gardens

 

and us cuties.

 

 

but yeah that was saturday. then on sunday we were home for lunch and i took mary on a walk around aravaca. then she went into Madrid to see some of her American friends who were visiting Madrid and I got to study. yay. but it was needed. so then today I had school but mary went again into Madrid to see her friends, and she got back later and we hung out some more and took her to the airport. a sad day. but overall the weekend was fantastic. shoutout to mary who made it awesome, cant wait to see you in febrero

 

M