After breakfast we were planning on going to the Faro de Moncloa, which had to be rescheduled for a bit because some of the students managed to get stuck in the elevator. Me and a friend wandered around the neighborhood close to our hotel and returned on time to continue our planning. However, 4 students had the idea to search for a Starbucks, which let to them to get lost. Luckily they walked by accident to the perfect place which was on our route. We told them to stay put and I planned a route which would let them to them and eventually to the Faro. The Faro de Moncloa was a success, there was a great panorama view of the city. Unfortunately the weather was still not in our favor but that didn't bother us to continue as planned. We had 1,5h to grab a quick lunch, which is harder than it sounds. The Spanish folk tends not to adjust to the fact that you don't master their language. Everything worked out eventually so we didn't starve. Afterwards we went to the Teleférico de Madrid, which is like a big zip line across a park in Madrid, which also gives you the chance to see the whole city from another level. When we went all the way up we had to get out, at first we were horrified because we thought we had to walk all the way down again, our day mostly consisted of walking (everywhere we go we do by walking). Luckily that was not the case and we could get in again. We walked across the park to the Palacio Real, which was huge. In the mean time we also visited Templo de Debod and the Jardines de Sabatini. Our next stop was the Almudena Catedral, where we also went inside. From there we walked back to the hostel and collected the money for our dinner later on. Because we did a lot of walking our feet had to rest so we chilled in our room and went to the supermarket in front of the hostel to get some chips and cookies. Around 6 we went to Plaza Mayor, were we seated down underneath some nice heat lamps and enjoyed a well deserved pizza. Our day was still not over yet, we went to the metro to hop on and go watch a flamenco dance, which is topically Spanish. We expected a nice dance but it was not what we wanted it to be. The ladies were a lot older then the boys hoped for. After a couple of minutes the dance became boring. We left early (around 23.30) and went to our hostel, we were again tired so we dived into our beds. All in all, a busy day with lots of rain but nevertheless lots of fun.
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