Spain - Acala De Henares

Acala De Henares

So, it's finally my turn (Candace) to help write one of the blogs. =)

Acala De Henares Spain the city Jason studied abroad in for 2 months.  It was cool to finally see the places Jason has been talking about over the years. He prepared me for a quaint little town with nothing more then a small university and a few restaurants and shops but I found it quite charming.


Immediately, once we arrived I began dodging into cute and quaint boutiques and shops finding really cute dresses that were very inexpensive, but before getting to involved Jason steered me away from the shopping eager to show me his old college.  We walked through a long courtyard with flowers, greenery, oh and Jasons favorite thing to take pictures of a statue.



He began explaining to me how this place fills up with tables and chairs after the sun begins to set and waitresses serve wine beer and food. Just behind the statue is the University. Unfortunately it was closed but we still took a stroll around it getting the occasional glimpse of a hallway through a window and a peek through a gate to cobble stone courtyards splashed with gardens of grass and flowers and the occasional bike stand out wide of the entry doors. We finished where we started at the front door of  the school where we sat on a marble bench and Jason quietly reminisced about all the people he met and all of their individual agendas.



On our walk back towards the square he began telling me stories. One of his friends Brock was not there to learn Spainsh like Jason and the rest of the group, he was there to party and have fun, Jason could always count on him as a wingman.  When going out for an adventure to check out a new cities nightlife he primarily hung out with a group of 7-8 girls (an over whelming portion of the study abroad population was girls) and Brock, Brett, and sometimes Eric, admitting he never really knew where they were going or how they got there, the girls generally took over that part.



Browsing menus along the way back to the main shopping area Jason again steers me straight through and down an alleyway to show me where he used to live and the phone where he used to call home to say "Hi" to his parents and ask for more money.



His old family wasn't there but we managed to peek into the window and checked it off the list.



Hah hah!  Now it was time for shopping! We picked up some cherries form the corner market to tide us over while shopping. along the way we  stored cherry seeds in our cheeks and each time we came upon a trash or sewer we'd assault it and spit 3-4 seeds at a time into it like bullets.

First stop Jason found a cool Clint East Wood shirt that had spanish on it and I found a fun dress/shirt to wear to "The Kapital" club later that night. Everything was so inexpensive compared to what we were used to in the other countries we visited so far. 



After shopping we stopped for food. Again SUPER CHEAP!  First place we stopped at we got 2 lipton ice teas, 2 beers, 1 wine and a sandwich for only 12eruo plus because we bought "so much" they also delivered an extra tuna wrap for free!



Before leaving we had a seat in the square to people watch and enjoy another drink and a cigar. Kids were playing, adults were lounging, while new lovers would stroll through enjoying the scenery as we were.



once back in Madrid we immediately changed and head out for "El Kapital"! It's a 5 story club with different rooms, a main floor with a major dance floor with crazy light shows and cold fog that shoots down at you, dancers female AND MALE dancers on stage (finally something for the guys to get jealous of rather then just having girls on stage) and two bars on either side.



Among the other floors you could look over the balcony to the main dance floor, enjoy 3 other atmospheres with different music, or a level with out music on the roof top where everyone smoked and a room for Karaoke. Later into the night (around 2am) there was a bongo player, easy to stay entertained at this place with so many floors and different things to do.



Jason and I booth got a song in for Karaoke and dance our butts off. We had a great time, best thing of all was that is was only a few blocks from where we were staying and we just stumbled home.