Laura from San Francisco at Sol (el Oso)

1. Favorite food - Spanish coffee and pastries (though she only arrived yesterday)

2. Favorite place (she intends to go) - El Prado

3. Purpose or goal - is considering moving to Spain or Europe

Theo, Petra, Sorin y Adel from Estonia/Romania touring Madrid Centro

1. Favorite food: tapas without gluten (secreto Ibérico, queso Manchego, croquetas de jamón, carpaccio, panna cotta gelatina, specialty coffee)

2. Favorite activity: Real Madrid football game, walking around Madrid, visit to Toledo

3. Plans: plant churches across Europe with M4, develop his consulting company

Duna and Eva from Madrid at Ópera

1. Food - tortilla de patata and croquetas de jamón at El A? on Calle Fuencarral

2. Event - live music, concerts

3. Life plan - get a degree in criminology and use it to teach children 

Akram from Libya on Gran Via

1. Food: Tortilla Española (tortilla de patata) at Cervecería 

2. Activity: shopping at Lefties

3. Plans: start an import/export business of Spanish ceramics

Julieta from Colombia at Plaza España

1. Favorite food: Colombian bandeja paisa. Doesn't like Spanish food.

2. Favorite place: the north of Spain. Asturias.

3. Favorite activity: listening to good sermons by Charles Stanley, Paul Washer, Edgardo Piesco (Colombian in Canada)

Manuela (Span) and Lorena (Argentine) at Plaza España

1. Food: calamares at El Ideal off Plaza Mayor

2. Activity: El Museo Prado

3. Plans: get a mastors degree, live at home, hang out with family

Nada from Paris/Morocco in Sol

She spoke French with no Spanish and little English.

1. Favorite food: Morocco tagine

2: Favorite activity: dancing

3. Plans: hanging out with friends in Madrid

Austin from Austin (TX) touring Madrid

1. Favorite food - paella at Mar Mía in Ópera

2. Favorite place - Plaza Mayor and the history of the Inquisition; also the Catedral de la Almudena

3. Plans - lead his church in Texas on a mission trip to Spain next fall (November-Thanksgiving?)

Five young adults from Palermo (IT) in Sol

1. Favorite food: paella in Valencia

2. Favoritie activity: the Palacio Real

3. One complaint: Valencia has no night life.

Jordan from Madrid at Ópera

1. Favorite food: paella en Valencia

2. Favorite place: el Palacio Real

3. Favorite activity: walking the streets of Madrid

Two Mexicans and an Argentinian in Sol

1. Favorite food: paella

2. Favorite thing about Madrid: the infrastructure (busses, metro, trains, roads).

3. Favorite activity: haven't done anything yet (just arrived today at 5am!)

American couple living in Barcelona at Opera

1. Favorite food: seafood at Tossa del Mar. Restaurants Marmaia (Italian) and Bembi (Indian) in Barcelona.

2. Interesting place: Really bad Ethiopian sculptures in El Prado.

3. Favorite activity: walking thru the parks (El Retiro) and the wide streets. And the Aladdin show.

Jessica from San Diego at Retiro Park

1. Favorite food: Honest Greens for lunch, then carrot cake at La Maruca in Barrio Salamanca.

2. Favorite place: Rooftop bar at Hotel Emperador (ask for the "resort" pass).

3. Favorite activity: walking around in Retiro Park (even though she's a little bored)

Julie and Marcos from Colombia at Plaza Benavente

1. Favorite food: churros at Mister Churro
2. Activity: being robbed in Ibiza! including their visas, clothes and cash
3. Bar/experience: being a DJ and dancing in Ibiza

Leslie and Manal at Sol

Leslie (20) from Madrid at Rodilla (Sol)

• Favorite Bar: Ginko at Plaza España
• Favorite Food: Castizo in front of Four Seasons Hotel
• Favorite Beach: Playa de Marinas in Denia

Manal (20) from Madrid 

• Works at the Lidl of Cuatro Caminos