When it rains it pours...

It is our last day in Madrid and the weather is not really cooperating. It is cold and raining and for the life of me I can not think of why I didnt bring my new warm winter jacket from Germany. Stupid, stupid Ashley...
Last night we bar hopped for a little while sampling the fine sangria and beer of Madrid. We ended up in a small jazz club that had a really great band playing. While we were there I zeroed in on two guys speaking English (John and Jeff from Iowa) and we spent the rest of the evening hanging out with them. Sometimes it is just nice to be able to have a conversation with people who speak your language because my spanish is really really bad. We then ran into some people from our hostel and went over to a club. I actually got Marianne into a club without the help of alcohol. I seriously didn´t think that was possible. After a few short songs we headed back to the hostel and off to bed. Nothing too exciting to report but at least we sampled some of Madrid´s famous nightlife.

Because we´re B.A.D., we´re B.A.D., really really B.A.D.

When I was old enough to drink alcohol my mom imparted some knowledge to me that she had learned over the years. Things like: always drink a glass of water in between cocktails; a coke, Wendy´s jr. bacon cheeseburger and scoop of Baskin Robins chocolate peanutbutter ice cream really can cure a hang over and most importantly M.A.D.

M.A.D. is my mom´s favorite evening out and I must say that when I am home I quite enjoy the combination as well. M.A.D. stands for Martini Appetizer Dessert. Skip the main course and go straight for the good stuff. While I have been traveling I haven´t really ordered a martini. They don´t seem to be as popular where I´ve been staying so last night Marianne and I decided that while in Spain we would perfect B.A.D. Beer Appetizer Dessert and man, is it tasty. I highly recommend when you go out in the future to just skip to the good stuff...

On a side note: we just came from a chocolateria and they are famous for their churros (long stick shaped doughnut) that is dipped in a cup of melty chocolate. Oh so good...