If you ever do decide to go, I’d recommend researching staying in a hostel. Hotels in the city are very expensive: $200 to $500 on up. We stayed at Somnio Hostel (http://www.somniohostels.com/), which was right in downtown where we could walk everywhere. We had a private room (but shared a bathroom) and we paid $100 per night. And, the place was amazing. Spotlessly clean, and the owners (two young American women) were like having our own tour guides to the city. Worth every penny, and still an incredible bargain over hotel prices.

@Green Bean- It was amazing to me how different the Spanish culture was from the American culture, in so many subtle ways. They laugh so much, and just do what they want.

For instance, you’d never see people in America order a beer at 8 a.m. But people over there do it all the time, or have wine with their breakfast. There’s no “taboos” about drinking before 5:00 p.m. If they feel like a beer they just get one.

Definitely some great lessons to be learned over there!