Madrid 2010-2011: Manzanares and MTV Concert in Madrid

So, this past weekend was really fun :) on Saturday Nov 6th Diana had to go to Manzanares with some girls from one of her classes. She is taking a tourism class and they have to do a project for the class where they go to some touristic place and ask the people who work in the tourism office certain questions. I got to go with them and it was really cool! http://www.manzanareselreal.org/turismo/ Here there is a castle and a national park. The tourism office for the castle was closed so we went to the national park instead. The castle looks really cool tho and I hope I will be able to go back there one day. It is only 20 minutes from my dorm so I don't see why I wont be able to go back. Its just easier to take a car and one of Diana's friends drove us. so here are some pictures of the National Park:

there were cows just randomly everywhere!


I was trying to pet them but they wouldn't let me get close enough.

Here is a video of the cow just chillin' in the park. Its not a very exciting video, just a heads up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKK6X-zo28

There were cows everywhere!

Cows in the park.

cows in the parking lot!

Cows in the street!

Cows outside the window!

Cows on the side of the road!

The castle from far away.

These are some of the houses you will find in Manzanares. They seem really nice. On the other side of the street there is a huge lake and it is really nice. This house is facing the lake.

Leaving Manzanares.

After Manzanares, Diana and I went to the Plaza de Toros in Madrid for their version of Oktoberfest called Feria de Cerveza. We waited 30 mins to get in and it was ok, by the time we left tho, the line was rapped around the building!

Killing time while waiting to get in.

Inside the Plaza de Toros.

There was a band playing inside the Plaza de Toros too!

They carve meat right off of here and use it to make the sandwiches right in front of you!

The next day, November 7th was the MTV EMA and there was a free 30 Seconds to Mars, Katy Perry and Linkin Park concert in the Puerta de Alcalá. It was soooooo cold that night but it was interesting. A group of 5 of us went. When we first arrived we managed to get pretty close but then too many people started showing up and then people started falling into each other in waves and it was really scary because we could hardly move. I got really freaked out and started to panic a little bit bc I thought we were going to get trampled. I grabbed Diana's hand and pushed our way out of the crowd. On the way out of the crowd someone ripped my backpack open. I don't know if it was an accident or if they tried to steal something but nothing was missing so that was good. We all decided that it would be better if we stayed towards the back. I think I was traumatized from what happened earlier and I wouldn't get very close at all. I wanted to stay as far back as possible. Here are some pictures and videos from the night: