Madrid
Saludos a todos! (Greetings to all)
I hope that life is treating you as well as it is treating me. For some reason or other, I still cannot fathom that I am in Madrid. I never really knew how much it changed my life until I left and explored some more. As the moment, I am sitting at my hostel on one of the busiest streets at night in Madrid- especially for the young'uns. While I am writing this, the television is on and there are music videos playing. Well, I don't have a television in France, so while I am sitting here and typing this, I am fascinated by all of the music and the videos currently playing.
Just to let you know what I have been up to these past couple of days- to summarize it neatly- eating, drinking, walking, observing, hardly sleeping. No kidding! I am exhausted at the moment, but I am enjoying every second of my time here. I went to eat yesterday at my favorite restaurant, and let me tell you, it is as though we never left. They still treated my friends and me with the utmost respect. The woman, who once had red hair, changed her color to a really light brown-blond (I have no clue how to describe it really) and-- in my opinion-- it looks so much better! The food there- incredible of course. I think that is one of the things that I miss most, because you get to eat so much for just 10 euros: first plate (soup, salad, something with meat) then your second plate (fish or meat), dessert or coffee, and of course bread and a drink (whether it be wine, water, beer, wine and carbonated water, and I have no idea what else). I get so full! I ate there today too, and today they had paella. Not only that, I also had fish,, coffee, and because I am considered a regular there, I also had a shot of something apple. It was all so delicious but now I am suffering from a very serious food comma. I cannot even describe to you how this feels. I think that I even feel dizzy after all of that, and that was about 2 hours ago!
I'll stop with the food now. Just thinking about how much I ate makes me feel full all over again. Aside from all of the eating that goes on here, I have also been out wandering the streets. I love the fact that even though I have been gone for so long, I still remember my way around this place. Oddly enough, I think that I have a much better sense of direction now than I did my last week here a year ago.Walking up and down those streets is just so surreal. There are times when I am walking around and I see something, or I go to a specific place, and I am bombarded with my memories. I mean with just that, I can sit at a cafe and stare off into space. There are some incredible memories here for me and I can say honestly that I will always treasure them.
Well, I think this is it for now- in terms of typing because really, I don't think that I will ever be able to satisfy my thoughts with spoken and written words. Even now, a stream of ideas or statements come to my head- the only problem would be that you will realize just how all over the place my thoughts really are. If coherence and clarity tend to be problematic for me, then you can only imagine how it would be like. As for now, I am off to walk for a while. Until very soon!
I hope that life is treating you as well as it is treating me. For some reason or other, I still cannot fathom that I am in Madrid. I never really knew how much it changed my life until I left and explored some more. As the moment, I am sitting at my hostel on one of the busiest streets at night in Madrid- especially for the young'uns. While I am writing this, the television is on and there are music videos playing. Well, I don't have a television in France, so while I am sitting here and typing this, I am fascinated by all of the music and the videos currently playing.
Just to let you know what I have been up to these past couple of days- to summarize it neatly- eating, drinking, walking, observing, hardly sleeping. No kidding! I am exhausted at the moment, but I am enjoying every second of my time here. I went to eat yesterday at my favorite restaurant, and let me tell you, it is as though we never left. They still treated my friends and me with the utmost respect. The woman, who once had red hair, changed her color to a really light brown-blond (I have no clue how to describe it really) and-- in my opinion-- it looks so much better! The food there- incredible of course. I think that is one of the things that I miss most, because you get to eat so much for just 10 euros: first plate (soup, salad, something with meat) then your second plate (fish or meat), dessert or coffee, and of course bread and a drink (whether it be wine, water, beer, wine and carbonated water, and I have no idea what else). I get so full! I ate there today too, and today they had paella. Not only that, I also had fish,, coffee, and because I am considered a regular there, I also had a shot of something apple. It was all so delicious but now I am suffering from a very serious food comma. I cannot even describe to you how this feels. I think that I even feel dizzy after all of that, and that was about 2 hours ago!
I'll stop with the food now. Just thinking about how much I ate makes me feel full all over again. Aside from all of the eating that goes on here, I have also been out wandering the streets. I love the fact that even though I have been gone for so long, I still remember my way around this place. Oddly enough, I think that I have a much better sense of direction now than I did my last week here a year ago.Walking up and down those streets is just so surreal. There are times when I am walking around and I see something, or I go to a specific place, and I am bombarded with my memories. I mean with just that, I can sit at a cafe and stare off into space. There are some incredible memories here for me and I can say honestly that I will always treasure them.
Well, I think this is it for now- in terms of typing because really, I don't think that I will ever be able to satisfy my thoughts with spoken and written words. Even now, a stream of ideas or statements come to my head- the only problem would be that you will realize just how all over the place my thoughts really are. If coherence and clarity tend to be problematic for me, then you can only imagine how it would be like. As for now, I am off to walk for a while. Until very soon!
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