madrid. coolest place ever. maybe just has to do w/ the fact that its european and everything they do is diffent. like siestas. (seriously we'd nap whereever we were b/c nothing was open. tons of benches in the town square and the plaza mayor (big plaza) in every town was full of people laying around and napping. everything was so clean. i lost weight while i was there even though i had to end up insulting the family i was staying w/ b/c i could not possibly eat another thing. everything wasw a party. so many street preformers, painters, dancers. and a fountain. fountains everywhere. i danced in at least one fountain a day. and i did not have one bad asthma attack the whole time i was there. the royal palace is huge.

toledo, only an hour away by car. everything here was sooo old. all the doors to restaurants and stuff had the knockers 4 feet above where you could reach b/c these doors were made when people rode up to the door on horseback. cobblestone everywhere and lil stones stick up to designate the street from the sidewalk. cars barely fit through here. lots of gypsy culture. have to be careful of pickpockets.

segovia. taking the train from madrid took about three hours. maybe two. has the old castle that cinderella's castle was based on. gave a view for miles. it had the nicest bathroom i've ever been in there. a view of all the land in the loo. and we learned how to bellydance from the gypsies.

wonderful things about spain: everyone is so nice. and respectful. the guys would follow you and stuff but no meant no and they'd leave you alone. there was beautiful architecture and paintingts everywhere. relaxed attitude. eating sooo much. i couldnt have asked for a better time or a better host family. i miss em. and i cant wait to travel back to spain.