Yo soy Español, Español, Español!!

Today was our last full day in Madrid. We definitely made the most of it and got to do just about everything we wanted.

We started our day off by searching for the nuns. Now, this might sound weird but there's a monastery near the Plaza Mayor where the nuns sell "dulces". Thanks to Katie Carroll (shout out!) and Samantha Brown from the travel channel, we were inspired to search for the nuns. After asking about 4 people how to get there, we found the monastery and rang the bell for the nuns. A squeaky little nun answered and buzzed us in their heavy, old front door. We walked sketchily through dark hallways to find a lazy susan built into the wall. The nuns put a box of "naranjines"(orange scone type cookies) on it, we took it, left money, and spun the lazy susan. Quite the experience! We also had the pleasure of seeing the squeaky petite nun in her apron as she came to explain to us they were out of basically every other type of sweets. And this was only the beginning of our day.

Us with our Nun Cookies

From here we sought out the tapas bar we went to last night in Chueca because it was just that good. Thanks El Tigre for free tapas with purchase of a drink. Fabulous.

Later in the afternoon we spent a good few hours in Retiro park just soaking up the sun and recounting the good times we've had in Madrid. We also met Caitilin and Kimberly and rented a row boat and went for a spin across the lake. It was a beautiful day.

I'm pretty obsessed with this picture...

Me, Courtney, Kimberly and Caitlin going out on the lake

Tonight was definitely the highlight. We watched the Spain vs. Honduras game outside of Santiago Bernabeu with every other young Spaniard in the city. We met our Spanish friends from the church and they helped us brave the crowd and participate in the cheers like, "Yo soy Español, Español, Español!¨ Hence the blog title :)

The beginning of the crowd at Bernabeu

Allison, Courtney, and me cheering on España!

Here's the good news: Spain won! 2-0. The crowd went ridiculously wild for each goal. It was so great to be a part of the excitement. And of course we sported our rojo for "La Roja".

Oh and Suiza lost...haha take that chico suizo.

So now it's off to bed and last minute packing and battery charging. I'm not sure how much internet access I'll have in the next week in Andalucia but I'll do my best to update everyone when I can!