You Know You Are In Madrid When...

1) The Flamenco show you are going to begins at midnight, and that is only the evening’s first stop.

2) Chocolate and Churros at 2a.m. in the morning is a wonderful idea.

3) Lunch is at 4 and dinner is at 11

Paella and Spanish Potato Omelete with Catie and Robin!  Gotta love some tapas at 11

4) The sky is bright blue all the time and you can take a nap in Retiro Park after stopping to smell the roses.

5) You become extremely thankful that you took a few semesters of Spanish in your life- you can   

    successfully barter in Spanish and ask how much all the delicious pastries cost

Just one  of the MANY pastry shops that fill Madrid

6)  Every corner you turn onto has another street market filled with treasures

7) You pass a four-string quartet on the road and about 5 minutes ago you passed two sax players

8) The Palaces are made out of glass

Crystal Palace in Retiro Park

9) Every where you turn there is another character in costume: Barney, SpongeBob, Micky Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Hello Kitty were all spotted

10) Dinner= tapas and there is an entire market devoted to them.
There were people carrying around entire plates of cheeses, bread, small sandwiches, olive, ice cream, pastries.  It was like food heaven for the snazzy class.

Glimpse of the Mecardo de San Miguel