William's+Journal+and+Budget

William- Open a new tab and go to lonelyplanet.com. Start researching a country that you will stay in for two days. Find a hotel, restaurants, and site seeing locations. Write about each day HERE! (click the edit button). You will need to get the directions about how to keep the journal and also do a budget down below. Everything you do will be on this page.

You have 7 days to write about so get busy! When you are confused about how to do it, go back to MY LINK under period five (click HOME page on the right) and look at the example. You can delete all this. :) =JOURNAL=

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Day 1 journal Spain

In my group it was decided that I would write the journal for week one. We have finally arrived here in Europe. We are all very excited to see the sites and eat the food. Our first stop was in Madrid, Spain. Before going to our hostel we took a bus to a restaurant called Casa Ciriaco. while we were there we learned it has its own history. apparently the restaurant was the scene of the attempted assassination of king Alfonso XIII in 1906. it was also part of a novel, Luces de Bohemia. after eating their delicious seafood we took a bus to the Cat's Hostel. We had already booked a few nights at the Cat's Hostel. The beds each costed only $23 in US money for each person. The building has a beautiful courtyard. With its Andalusian tile-work, fountain, spectacular glass ceiling and stunning Islamic decoration all surrounded on four sides by an open balcony. The cushions are very comfortable. They even have computers built into the stone wall with free internet. The rooms have a capacity ranging from six to twelve people each. So tonight we will sleep and tomorrow we will begin seeing the sights. Day 2 journal Madrid, Spain Today is the day we start exploring Madrid. Our first stop was at plaza mayor. It was amazing to see Spain's history carved into the circular seats under the lamp posts. people say if one place is unmistakably madrid, this was it. I would definitely agree. After that visit, we walked to the restaurant called Fast Good. Isn't that a stupid name? we went in anyway and we enjoyed the food. they had some of the best hamburgers I had ever eaten. Zaid ate the roast chicken and said he liked it as much as i enjoyed the hamburger. Cesar had a ham sandwich and said the taste was great. After our lunch break we went to the Museo Del Prado, which is home to some of the most beautiful artwork Spain has to offer. The cost to get in was only $8 a person to enter.