Spain Day 7- Trying to be "Authentic"

It is hard to believe that I have been in Madrid for an entire week.

It has flown by!

Today, we got up early on our day of to go the el Rastro, which is their flea market.

They have the best prices on EVERYTHING.

Clothes, tourist stuff, luggage, shoes, belts, jewlery...everything.

It is also one of the other best places in Madrid to get robbed, 

so I wasn't having too much fun.

A little too nervous.

But I did buy a beautiful yellow linen scarf for 2 euros.

I really love it.

After that, we took a siesta for pretty much the rest of the day.

We were exhausted from our first week and just needed time to wind down.

Here are some pictures of el Rastro.

This evening, we had our first play that we had to attend for our lit/theater class.

So, Caitlin, Ashley, and I went out for tapas, the traditional authentic spanish food.

We all ordered different things so that we could try it all.

We ordered tortilla (like the first night- egg, potato, onion, garlic omelt),

empenada (pastry filled with meat), and a tapa called callos madrilenos.

The last one was one of the authentic tapas of Madrid, so we decided that we had to get it.

When it got to our table, it looks weird. We wondered what it was, but decided to eat it first and then worry about what it was later. We all tried it.

One bite was enough for me, the texture was crazy. And I was fully satisfied to never put that in my mouth again. So, when the bill arrived, we asked our waiter what it was.

He said that it was his favorite dish. It was cow intestines and tongue.

YES, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT!

COW INTESTINES AND TONGUE.

disgusting. but, we were brave and awarded ourselves with gelato. :)

Then, we went to our first play for our theater/lit class.

It was Cervantes' El Licenciado Vidriera.

We had a good time and the play was great!

I understood the majority of it, which was amazing!

Hasta manana!