Madrid Feb. 2 (Mon)

After leaving the palace, we got our stuff from the luggage storage room in the hotel and went in search of our hostel for the night, since we would not be returning to Granada with the group. It was within walking distance from the hotel and we found the specific street after asking a woman walking by. The hostel is actually really nice. We are all four in a private room together, bedding and a towel were provided, the bathrooms are down the hall, and best of all, there are two computers with internet to use! So of course I checked facebook, ha ha!
At 9pm we (Whitney, Cassandra, and I) met Sara, Kristin, and Justine (other girls in our program staying in the same hostel) to go to Gula Gula Restaurant, which was dinner and a drag show. We all sat at a large round table together and set out for the buffet. The waiter at first didn’t think Cassandra and Whitney were old enough to drink. This was pretty amusing, but made Cassandra, who is 20, upset because the drinking age in Spain is only 18! Eventually he believed them, though he never checked anyone’s ID. The actually show was only one drag queen named Dolly, and she made her entrance singing and wearing higher heels than I even own. She was very lively and funny, even though she spoke incredibly fast and we didn’t understand most of the specifics of what she was saying, although we got the general idea of the jokes. It was a very fun experience and I’m glad I went.