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I´m afraid I have very little to report today other than getting up early to buy porras for breakfast at the neighborhood bar (I figured that they were about 15 cents EACH! My god! So cheap). Mainly, I was lazy all morning and didn´t leave the house until about 2:30pm when I went to my ladyfriend´s school to help with a pre-examination examination for an oral English test her children will be taking soon. That was an interesting experience for me. I had a few hours beforehand and just walked the streets until buying an El Mundo newspaper to read on a streetside bench until my stomached growled enough to take me into a nearby bar for a slice of tortilla de patata and ANOTHER Fanta Limón. Mmmmmmm..Good. I expect tomorrow will be somewhat more interesting to you all as I plan to go to the center until mid afternoon. At that time I´m returning to my ladyfriend´s school to do some more pre-examination oral tests with the children. ¡De Madrid al Cielo! Madrid has three train stations: Chamartín, Atocha, and Príncipe Pío (also known as "Norte", located near the Royal Palace). , I woke at 10:30am, showered, dressed, and went downstairs to the hostal salon for a nice breakfast with Florencio. I said my goodbyes and gave my thanks to the family and Florencio walked me to the Plaza Mayor bus stop where we waited about 25 minutes for the #31 bus to Paseo de Extremadura. I extended may great thanks to Florencio for an adventurous night out on the town as I´ve never had before in my life. I was sad to say goodbye to him as he´s been such a good friend to me over the years and to my ladyfriend here in Madrid with helping with her computer and software installations. Arriving at "home" at 1pm sharp, I was SO exhausted, skipped lunch altogether, and went straight to bed where I slept until 6pm. Got up and visited here for about 3 hours with my ladyfriend´s aunt (she´s about 70 years old) who lives in the adjacent building and with my ladyfriend´s mother, La Dueña de la Casa. We talked about their lives in Spain, their marriages and how their husbands passed away, and many other things. One particularly interesting account was about the 3-months Mama Rosa (la dueña) spent in the mountain caves of Santander (Cantabria - Spain´s north coast) with about 65 others during the Spanish civil war in the 1930s. What an interesting, but terrifying story she has from when she was about 12 years old. Tía María, the aunt, left at around 10pm and Mama Rosa and I had dinner of a tortilla francesa (an egg omelette with ham slices inside), chorizo slices, potato chips (made with olive oil), bread, and a pear for dessert. It was a delightful evening talking with

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