when you're studying abroad in madrid, you have three ways to get home after a late night:
walk - we did this last saturday because it was just a night out at some bar by school. my apartamento is in the northwest universidad area of madrid. it only took us 20 minutes or so, but if you want to go to the main clubbing area, sol, this is not an option.
bus - this was two nights ago. the main bus station, chamartin, is where all the night buses meet up. it's about 7 streets away from sol and thankfully we got to it right before our bus left. the n21. buses only come every 40 minutes at night, so be prepared to wait a ton.
finally metro - last night. el metro stops running at 1:30, so your only other option is to stay out until it starts up again at 6. this is kind of surprising that it stops because the spanish go out so late anyway. I mean last night we caught the last train, 1:30, just to go out to this super huge/expensive 7 floor club called kapital (I'll have to write about that when I bring my camera sometime). so we rode it out there until 6:30 and caught the train to get back at 7. it was just throbs of hungover or still drunk people on the subway at that time on a sunday. also, the cafeterias outside kapital in the morning were jam packed. a good business venture: late night fast food in madrid. there's literally none of that.
the worst part about doing the 6 a.m. metro is sneaking back into your homestay. awkward. especially with that dog. at least our senora wasn't up yet. sometimes it's just better to crash at a friend's with their own apartment and walk in at a decent hour.
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