Barcelona
Well, my dad’s comment was correct (even if it was in all capitals… must’ve been from his work computer or something — I think they have a mainframe system there which takes all caps.)
Anyway, yes. Barcelona is insane. I’m not sure if its just the fact that my Hostel is in the middle of the “hostel district” (with about 10-15 hostals within as many blocks) but it seems like one giant international university.
There are thousands of college aged kids here from every nationality race and creed, speaking every language and all (it seems) on some sort of spring break. The menu at the little tiny local restaurant I went to was in 6 different languages… for fun I ordered in German.
Now, about Madrid… I tried to find the “Palace” but there are something like 5 or 6 Palaces on the tourist map. I went to a few and took some pictures. But essentially, I just wandered around the busy parts of the city and took pictures of stuff that was interesting. Then I went into what little restaurants I could find that weren’t either packed, expensive, McDonalds, or unfriendly looking.
I’m planning on staying here in Barcelona until the 14th when Steve comes back from his class trip. Hopefully I can stand the crazy “second college” I’m at for another day. 
