Yesterday we got to Madrid after the (not-too-bad) overnight train from Paris. We walked around the city, went to Retiro Park, bought cheap student tickets for a ballet Friday (yay!), and went to a free public museum called Caixa Forum. At night we got to cheer along Spain's soccer team as they defeated Germany in the World Cup semifinal: one to zero. The city was LOUD with trumpets, yelling, cheering, chanting, whistling, and car honking. Now we will get t...

Today was basically all about walking and climbing. While we woke up late (8:30am late), we took the metro to Notre Dame where we were hoping to take a connecting train to the Eiffel Tower. Since we decided to take Rocio's route, we obviously got it wrong and had to walk instead of riding the train to Notre Dame. [Note by Rocío: we were taking the number 4 metro, but wanted to change to the LETTER C metro, so it's somewhat understandeable that there was confu...

(Just so readers know, these pictures aren't ours. They are in a photo library we've been using since we can't connect our cameras to the iPod.) Yesterday Constanza had the best hot chocolate of her life. Think super chocolaty to the point that the consistency is like drinkable pudding! This morning we wandered around various Sunday markets. Rocío feasted her eyes on the meats, veggies, herbs, fruits, cheeses, and cheeses. She convinced Constanza to get two (s...

Rainy day today. The Prepared Sister brought a rain coat and umbrella while the Other Sister borrowed the umbrella... We went to the museum of the Middle Ages, the Parthenon, and Luxembourg Gardens. We had "croissants au chocolate" and Rocío asked (all in French!) at what time the Argentina versus Germany game will be...which is in about 45 minutesso after posting this we are in search of a cafe with a TV. Rain rain go away...s'il vous plait?

A busy, busy day! To take full advantage of our museum pass, we went to: 1) Musée du Louvre 2) Musée de l'Orangerie 3) Musée d'Orsay Now we're sitting in the Centre Pompdou where we read that there's free WiFi (there is). The Louvre was gigantic and overflowing with beautiful (and famous) works of art. At Orangerie we went into two oval rooms and were completely surrounded by Monet's water lilies. At Orsay, we saw many works bh Impressionists. For a sna...