Madrid and Sevilla

On Wednesday the 11th I left for Madrid at 2:30 and it was unfortunately the bus ride from hell. Normally it takes between 2 1/2 to 3 hours to travel from Madrid to Burgos...it took more than 6 HOURS!! There was this huge accident on the way and we sat on the bus for like EVER waiting for everything to be cleared. It must have been pretty bad cause like three helicopters came to airlift people out. So when I got to Madrid and had dropped my stuff off at the hotel. Jill, Michelle, Amanda (the assistant for the BU program in Madrid), and I went to a Flamingo show. It was pretty amazing, the violinist and the singers were unbelievable. The Thursday we went to the Royal Palace, Plaza de la Villa, Plaza Mayor, and the Prado with Amalia the director of the BU program in Burgos. After that I went to the park, people watched, and basically sat in the sun. While I was in the park, some guys were walking around with rafts and they gave us a flyer for a match.com valentines day event. It was a very bizarre site. That night, we failed miserably at going out in Madrid but that was okay because the train to Sevilla was super early the next day. On Friday we left Madrid at 9:00 to go to Sevilla, I traveled not only with the other two girls in my program but also with the entire BU Madrid program which as 80plus students in it. In Sevilla we saw the Cathedral and Los Reales Alcazares. That night I went to the BEST tapas restaurants I have been to in Spain and then I went to a local bar which was super crowded and basically just walked around Sevilla a little bit. On Saturday I visited el mueso de Bellas Artes which is the second most important art museums in Spain. Then in the afternoon I went to the river and to el Plazo de torros (a bullfighting ring). We left Sevilla in the evening and left Madrid the following afternoon after visiting the museum de Reina Sofia. The bus ride back was uneventful and I was very happy to be back in Burgos and away from sooo many Americans :)