Día Quince: Madrid y Valladolid.

Friday, we got up, ready for another train ride to the final city of our trip: Valladolid. Before catching the train, though, we walked to Plaza Mayor to take photos and got some breakfast on the way. Later, we hopped on a train headed to Valladolid, which only lasted an hour, so it was very quick and easy. Upon arriving in Valla, we walked to the hotel as I pointed out some of my favorite landmarks and shopping places. The hotel was not far – about a ten minute walk and very close to Plaza Mayor – and super nice. After settling into the hotel, I showed my parents my favorite internet café so they could check on their emails and such, and then a park close to that. Soon, we were due to be at my apartment so that they could meet my host mom. It went pretty much exactly as I had expected – my host mom talked and talked and I hardly had room to translate between her sentences and she was so incredibly excited to meet them. She had made a delicious cake (one of the few things I like that she makes) for them along with some coffee and wine. I was surprised when she pulled out the wine, as I have never seen her drink before. There was much conversation, mostly on her part, and it was very pleasant and fun. After socializing, I showed my room to my parents and packed up a bag of things I don’t need for them to take home for me. Soon, we left, hung out for a bit, and then went out for tapas and drinks. We found a place close to our hotel and had some tapas that were actually really good and very reasonable. It was a very satisfying dinner. Afterwards, we had wanted to walk around a bit, but it had started raining, so we headed back to the hotel for the night.