I think anyone who visits Madrid must go at least once to the Retiro park. It has got to be one of the most beautiful park ever. I went to Retiro yesterday because all my roommates went on vacation (except me!!) so I decided to spend the day in the park. It's very lively on Sundays. There are so many things to do. A lot of families visit the park and spend the entire day in Retiro. Since Madrid is getting quite hot already, a lot of people were sunbathing. I thought I was on the beach! Anyway, all is good and I really had a great time. During Sundays as well some people play the bongo near the lake. A lot of people gather around the steps beside the lake and have mini-parties. Also, during the weekends, puppet shows and other children's activities are held all over the place. If you have children, I am sure they will have fun visiting the park.

I visited the Prado museum today. Thank God I followed the tip of a friend of mine who visited the museum a few weeks back. I went to the back entrance of the museum, Murillo entrance as this is the queue to go to the main exhibit. Usually, tourists fall in line for the Durero exhibit thinking the queue is to go inside the main museum. They only find out that they´ve been falling in line for the wrong exhibit after about two hours of endless waiting. The long queue I am referring to is the ongoing exhibit of the works of Durero - German artist. I'm not really familiar with his work but he's mighty popular with the tourist and maybe worth falling in line for. I try to visit the Prado on a Sunday as it is free. Of course, a lot of people want to take advantage of the free entrance to the museum so if you want to visit the Prado on a Sunday as well, try to go there the first hour so you don't have to fall in line that long.

Yes. I took the EBC International TEFL Certificate Course in Madrid last year. I had to go back to the US for a while after finishing the course to sort out some stuff but now I'm back.

Good course, really, I highly recommend it, a bit too much course work, but nevertheless, you get your money's worth so I didn't mind it as much. It would have been worse if I paid so much for the course but ended up not learning anything.

My teacher was John and he was really nice and he knew what he was talking about. I also appreciate the teaching practice that we did because that was my real live practice.

Anyway, I went back to visit EBC last week and asked if I could avail of there job assistance as they have promised before I signed up for the course and true to their word, they really do help you. They sent my CV out and personally recommended me to some of their local contacts and I began getting job interviews and some hours starting this April! Wonderful! Actuallly, it's perfect that I only start teaching this April so that I still have time to enjoy the Semana Santa.

I have to call back the Director for this language school I will be working for and ask for transportation money as I will be teaching outside the A zone.

Will keep you updated with my teaching experience.

I'm a travel nut! I'm here in Spain right now enjoying Madrid through teaching! Hope you like my blog!