June 5, 2008
I spent a lot of time walking about today. I figured that it would save me money from the metro and also give me some exercise. I metro-ed to my internship in the morning and because they are moving into a new building, they let me go home early. So, I went to the US consulate to make sure that I did not have to do anything to prevent identity fraud. It has been a pain to have had to run around to the embassies and the police stations, but at least now I know what to expect from an consulate/embassy and a police station. And I must say that the US consulate, although very ugly and plain on the outside, was extremely clean and friendly. After my embassy visit, I decided that it was still early enough in the day to visit Madrid’s Museo de Archaeology. This very kind Spanish woman stopped to give me directions, to tell me how lovely the museum is, and to applaud me for traveling alone to Spain. The museum was amazing. I ventured through the Bronze Age, Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Iberian Peninsula, and I examined the relics of Italy and Turkey’s first monetary coins, early Christianity, Sparta’s war with Rome. Life size statues with crazy hair-do’s, holy tombs and Egyptian tombs, were all right there in front of me. For a small museum, it holds a fair amount of history.
Tonight the majority of my apartment-mates and I went out to get some drinks at an outside café in a nearby plaza. When we came back we had a discussion about arranged marriages (one of the girls is anticipating hers), religion, and exploring the world. I am impressed to see why some people come to Spain (to live in Spain indefinitely, to get away from tradition, mas).
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