Fiesta Fiesta!

This last week I went out quite a lot with people from school. It's my last week now so I want to enjoy it till the maximum!

On thursday we had the schoolparty followed by the usual Hora Bruja, friday we started on a terrace.. later we went to Sweet, a club ( that actually wasn't that sweet). Saturday we enjoyed the good weather and in the night we went out in Tribunal, to the Pacha and later to Joy!

Stephanie @ Madrid

Thuesday in the evening I went out with Stephanie, Davina and Natasha. First we went to the Hard Rock Café we we admired NY upside down, then we visited Plaza Colon and it's flag of 25kg! Later we went to a bar and a nice special club.

An, Free y mi Familia a Madrid!

Last saturday my family arrived at Madrid, They all took a cab to their hotel at Gran Vía and afterwards we went to Corgui, a trendy restaurant in La Latina. The weather wasn't that bad so we were able to walk along the Palacio Real and Opera.

Sunday morning I went to the hotel to have breakfast with teh family. Some time later we started a long walk through the city, at noon we had lunch at Plaza Sta Ana, and afterwards ( as promised) I showed Pieter the Belgian Pub. In the evening we had dinner in a restaurant called 'Matilda', located in the Salamanca district of Madrid.

Monday after breakfast my father, Manu, Free and I went to visit Santiago Bernabeu. Later we joined the rest to do some shopping. At noon we had a great lunch in 'Root' - Chic, Cheap & Cool -

At 15.30 I had to go to school, in the mean time the family went shopping. In the evening we went to an Italian restaurant (a bit strange maybe in Spain), Pizzaiolo! A cosy place with a good ambiance. To end this weekend we went to a bar for a drink. The cracky boxes played U2 and the bartender was an exact copy of Bono in a drunk condition.

Monday after breakfast they all left... time for a little siesta I thaught because in the evening I was going out with Stephanie and her friends!

Thanks for the supernice weekend!

Los Geerts a Madrid

Last Friday Mick and his parents arrived at Madrid. They took me to "Con Dos Fogones", a nice restaurant near to Plaza de España. The food was really great and the ambiance even better! Later on I went to Yambala with people from school, we had some sweet cocktails and later we moved to an afterclub... the katmandu! Fun fun fun, we were in bed when we saw the sun!

Saturday Papa and mama Mick, Mick, Sandy and I went for a walk through the city... the weather was great so it was super! We looked for tickets for the game Real Madrid-Valencia but it was a bit to expensive... Later on we went to a restaurant, "El Viajero".. first we had a drink on the roof! 'Heaven', Later we had dinner in the restaurant! I started to get the feeling of being on vacation with all this restaurants...

Sunday we went for a walk through the park, a tortilla at Calle Alcala, a Sangria at Plaza Mayor and a belgian beer at 't cafeeke!

It was an interesting weekend, visiting some new parts of Madrid, eating in different restaurants, etc. Thanks Mama and Papa Mick for inviting me the whole weekend, it was really nice!

Segovía

This morning Sandrine and I decided to go visit another city than Madrid, Segovía. This city is located on 90 km of Madrid near to the mountains. When we arrived there, we first looked for a restaurant because we were starving! Our need to eat made us chose the worst restaurant of the city, the food looked and tasted like it had been served to 20 other tourists already.

After this poor experience we started our visit to the old centre. The history of Segovía goes back to 80. before Christ when it was ruled by the Romans. After the Romans, the Moors took over the city until 1085, the moment that the Christians (on their turn) took over this beautiful city.

Te most important monuments of Segovía are: The Roman Aquaduct ( 1st and 2nd century), the 16th century Cathedral and the 14th century Alcázar (a citadel from which you have a great view over the valley).

Caroline, Steve y Nicolas... Tranquilo!

In the weekend we went to Reina Sofía, again... but now we did the temporal exhibitions which were very interesting! Also the bar in the museum was more than OK! After this visit we went to a nice winebar to take a second apero... Very nice! In the evening we had dinner in a trendy restaurant 'ENE'. It's kind of of a loungebar actually... first time in weeks I had to eat with knife and fork! It was supernice, also Steve gave me some funny background about Sandrine what made it a LOL night!

Thanks Steve and Caroline for inviting this pennyless student!

El 5. de Abril con Stefanie y Nathalie

Last thursday Sandrine, Nathalie, Stefanie and I went for a walk through the city, later on we had tapas and wine in a small restaurant near Plaza Santa Ana. We stayed there a long time while we were talking about Hermes, the studentclub we're all in. Around 1AM we went to our favorite bar 'La Hora Bruja' to show them the real erasmus feeling. There wasn't a lot of people because most students went home or on vacation (Semana Santa), still we had a great night! We were obliged to stay out very late because the sisters had to take their plane back to Belgium at 6 in the morning!