Day 2 & 3 - Seville and Cordoba

We had a good time in Seville and Córdoba. I'm in Madrid at the moment sleeping on the floor of my friend Connor's apartment.

Seville was a vibrant city, with people everywhere. It's main 'touristy' features are a cathedral and a fort, but I found the university building and the park much more interesting. I stayed in my first hostel with much success in sleeping.
We saw a fountain:

Eric also slept in the park:


Córdoba had much less "life" in it but still had its charm. We saw a torture museum, walked around a lot, and had some Spanish Tortillas. Our hostel was a 'shared' room, but we had it all to ourselves, so we slept quite well.
Garden in a Castle:

Here's the Mosque in the background:

Day 0 - Madrid

So Eric and I left our safe zone in Bristol for an adventure through Europe. It will be long and hard, but in the end it will be rewarding (that sentence has too much sexual innuendo). The trip will wear on us in our aggressive pace, but hopefully will pay back much more in experience and knowledge.

We made it into Madrid at around 8:15 and 'metro-ed' to the bus station by around 9. A helpful man at the socibus station helped us purchase the correct tickets. His English was superb, but made me speak in Spanish until he found out that we were from the US. From now on, 'soy de ingleterra...' you are less of an assumed doofus.

Here we are in the airport:





We then boarded a midnight bus to Seville. This was a tiring experience, as it is very difficult to sleep on a bus full of people, a driver who plays loud music (drove me bonkers until Bob Marley began playing), and a baby who wasn't a quiet baby.