Trip started from Madrid

Trip began from Madrid

Because this is my first time to go aboard and alone,

i thought it maybe a little tough to me, 

oppositely, i found the hostel easily even there were so many exits in the metro station.

i'd decided to put my baggage in hostel then went out to look around... 

the key of cat's hostel is a sensor, when you want to open the door or the locker,

you just put it in front of the door then sensor it, the door will open...

and they make the keys in the form of watches, so no need to worry about losing it~

location near "puerta de sol" (gate of sun), and short walk from metro station, with free breakfast and internet, so it's a nice place to stay^^

in early October, the weather in Madrid was still hot, just like summer time,

i bought several short tops for the heat... 

Walking on the street at 7 pm, the sun still shined and sky was pretty blue...

because of Madrid, i start to love roaming around in different cities...

i made a phone call to my parents first then started my whole trip...

before this trip, i made a deal with my family

=> i have to make a phone call to them every day ><

this was my first trip aboard after all, so i started walking in nearby area of hostel...

i found a movie theater, tapas sores, and even a candies shop owned by chinese people...

why chose Spain??

it began from a book, it's a picture book about Barcelona,

from the book i knew Guadi, the greatest architect of Spain...

then i decided to go Spain as the first country that i go to visit...

after that i read some books about Spain, Barcelona and Madrid...

i thought maybe there were more charming cities and towns worth to see,

so i packed for the 50 days journey!!! 

到了馬德里之後,原以為有很多難事,不過沒想到竟然輕而易舉
馬上就找到旅館了..雖然地鐵站也是有很多個出口~~
到了hostel把重重的背包卸下後,就開始要到附近去晃晃了
在這之前,先告訴大家為什麼cat's hostel會是world hostel的第一名了(記得是2004的第一名)
撇開不分男女的dorm room不說,雖然這也沒什麼不好
美國女室友也是很阿莎力的在男室友前面換衣服嘛...
安全 乾淨 服務親切 便宜 方便...就是集所有優點於一身的hostel了..
cat's的鑰匙是感應式的,作成手錶的形狀可以戴在手上又不怕弄丟,
開房間門只要輕輕的逼一聲再轉動門上的鈕就可以進出了,
而房間內的置物櫃也使用同一把鑰匙..挺方便的
地點也算是絕佳的了,離0公里的puerta del sol也不遠

而且又有免費早餐和免費的internet....
這樣蠻划算的吧~~http://www.catshostel.com/

話說到了hostel是下午的六點多,check in之後再整理一番
出門去蹓韃蹓韃已經是七點多的事了..
馬德里十月初天氣仍像是夏天一般,(害我還跑去買了好幾件短袖T-shirt)
太陽還淘氣的掛在空中不肯下山
天空一片湛藍,四周都是一幢幢又高又大的建築物
走在路上,心情更是格外的開朗.
想起剛剛在義航飛機上才下肚的飛機餐,就決定先到處晃晃
順便觀察這令人賞心悅目的城市....

猛然想起還得跟家人抱平安,趕緊找了個公共電話亭撥起電話
我可是經過一番的爭鬥才可以獨自出門的
唯一的條件是天天打一通電話回家...
跟家人通報平安之後,就開始到處逛了
當然,一開始總是從hostel 開始向外擴張嘛~~
知道哪裡有糖果店,麵包店,burger king,還發現了一家電影院
當場我就下定決心一定要進去看一場電影,可惜天不從人願
假日的電影總是比較貴,商人的剝削行為真是無所不在啊...
還有,中國商店自然也是有的,我深深體會到
中國人果然是四海為家的民族啊~
最令我在意的就是tapas小店了,
到了西班牙哪有不吃tapas的道理呢...
聞到tapas香味就讓我覺得來到西班牙真是死而無憾了(甚至都還沒吃到tapas耶)

大致了解地形之後,我就回旅館休息了..
畢竟也花了大半天時間轉機,人總是會累的嘛!!
還好我在達文西機場有遇到玉婷和燕玲
還一起吃了名聞遐邇的義大利冰淇淋~~
當然也一起見識到了愛刁難的海關..(雖然他只刁難我一個人)
自助旅行當然不像大家想的那麼輕鬆如意,
還有隔天行程要安排,不然真不知道馬德里逛不逛的完~~
下篇再提那兩個在羅馬遇到的女生囉