Harry Potter en Ingles!

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Today did not start off as the greatest of days, because I read a news story about the Norway shooting with quotes from survivors and I cried. It is the saddest I have ever heard in my entire life. But, life goes on whether you want it to or not and I had plans to go to Madrid today. I met my friends in the Plaza Mayor and we walked over to the bus stop. Finding the bus was easy enough and we got on; thankfully we were all sitting together. We took the normal bus and it made lots of stops, but I didn’t mind because that way I got to see a lot more of Spain. We stopped in this one town called Averola for a ten minute break, but they didn’t have any bathrooms there. Birch and I walked to a hotel, because of course hotels have bathrooms, but the front doors were locked! Some hotel! Then a really nice lady opened the door and told us that there were no public restrooms close by and she led us up to the janitor’s bathroom and let us use the bathroom. She was so nice! And we made it back in time to get on the bus again. I took a little nap and before I knew it we were in Madrid.

We had quite an adventure trying to find out how to get to the theater and where the theater actually was. Eventually we figured out what stop we needed, but getting there was a whole other issue. Actually, we found it without taking a wrong train. It was pretty cool and now I can say I officially rode the metro in Madrid, Spain. The theater didn’t open for while so we decided to try and find a starbucks. We ended up walking through the Plaza Mayor and the Puerta del Sol. I didn’t think I would see those places until the next time I came to Spain in 10+ years, so it was pretty cool. We didn’t get to Starbucks, but we found a dunkin donuts. Then it was time for the movie to start.

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While the movie was a little bit choppy, I felt it was much more fluid than the heinous fourth movie which I can barely stand due to choppiness. It very closely followed the book and was quite an entertaining watch. I would definitely recommend it. However, I believe it might be a little difficult to follow some parts if you haven’t read the book. The epilogue was absolutely ridiculous and made us all laugh for some time. They took the characters and just put them in older people clothes, but they still looked their actually age. It was hilarious.

We feasted on corn nuts, pumpkin seeds, and sugar almonds the whole time. We cried the entire second half of the film. After the movie we had 2 hours to kill, so we actually found starbucks this time and I enjoyed a Mango and Passion Fruit frap. It was quite tasty and, as far as I know, unavailable in the United States.

We took the metro back to the station, and there was this very happy man singing a very happy song on the metro. It was lovely and he told us to have a great trip. Then he asked us for money. The bus ride back to Salamanca was significantly shorter (as well as more expensive) because it was an express. I walked home, had a chat with my host family, and now I’m writing this blog. Tomorrow: Segovia!