Then we went to find my place I will be living in for the first month at least. It is in a very very prime area hence the great view. It was kinda sketchy picking up the keys because they left them in a restaurant to pick up... but we found it fine. I have six roommates. I only know one is from Germany. And they smoke a lot of weed. But my room is kinda secluded from the rest and i have a better view of the street (Calle Arenal). So looking at this picture, the center is right where the red building is with the tower but also where you can see the street ends. its like a giant circle. But that is how close I am to it.
After that we walked around a little bit before we had to meet her friends for lunch at 2... First we walked into the center. This is the metro stop in the center.
So looking out of my room the opposite way I can see the main city Opera, its huge, but nothing really pretty so i didn't take a picture. However, directly behind the opera is the Royal Palace which is this pictured and then a statue.
Then we went to lunch with her friends. Three of them were from Finland and the other from Ireland. So it was nice having an clear speaking lunch. I just had curry chicken for lunch. But it is typical to have an appetizer then your meal then coffee and then we went for a beer on a terrace somewhere. I think on top of a market. Its hard to explain but every store tends to just mush together. Like i never realize when we are technically into a different shop or restaurant.
Tonight we are having dinner with her family at Martas house. It is tradition to eat twelve grapes for the last twelve seconds of the new year. And to wear something red for good luck. We may go out to meet one of marta's friends by her house. It would have been cool though to be sitting in my room because the center of madrid for new years is the equivalent to Times Square. Tomorrow we might go up to the mountains to see the snow. I dont know yet though.
