Oh my gosh, I don´t know where to begin describing this crazy vacation!
So we arrived in Porto, Portugal at 8 a.m. on Sunday at which time we headed over to our hostel to drop off our bags and 
grab a bite to eat.
...went to the Porto Vinho Museum (very small exhibition but interesting)
After that my fatigue caught up with me and I took a little siesta while mi amigas trekked across the city to do..I am not quite sure what.Fast forward..we got out to a little hole in the wall restaurant and share very generous portions of various seafood platters. The wait staff sang and informed us about the importance of Fado in Portuguese culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fado
The restaurant owner (who thankfully spoke English as none of us could even pretend to get by with out pathetic combined knowledge of Spanish) then invited us to enjoy some live Fado the next afternoon at a restaurant run by a friend of his. Of course we agreed. 
That was quite fun, we ate fried fish patties ( I think that´s what they were...) and drank red wine while a bunch of old Portuguese guys sang their hearts out.
We went on a boat tour on the Duoro River, which empties into the Atlantic and I was able to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, muy excitingo!
Fast forward
We arrived in Madrid yesterday around 1 p.m. and pretty much rotated between sleeping and eating (I did visit one museum between the two alternating activities) until this morning.
Today was one of the best days ever! We visited the Reina Sofia Museum of modern art, where there was a Picasso exhibit going on...AMAZINGGGG! Picasso was one crazy mofo, but I really enjoyed seeing his works. I also had no idea that he was also a sculptor, did you?
We went on a bus tour of Madrid, which was kind of silly because none of the h
eadphone jacks worked and we never stopped long enough to take a decent picture.
We got off at some point to grub up, as we were all starving. Then continued onward to the Mayor Plaza, one of the oldest areas of the city which consists of extremely expensive cafes facing beautiful buildings covered in murals.
Okay, the grand finale... we got off the tour bus with the intention of walking back to our hostel and turned around to see....THE BODIES EXHIBIT! This is something I had really wanted to see when I was in Portland, but never got the chance. It was incredible;I am a little grossed out, but WOW! has anyone else seen it? It was so interesting to see the different parts of the body displayed so delicately.
I apologize for the messy blog, but I had to get this out before I forgot about the magically fantastic adventure that was today.
Also, when we finished at the bodies exhibit, we encountered a huuuuge protest in the street with cops everywhere..the Spanish people are fighting against the privatization of their hospitals. Maybe I was on the Spanish news today!