Chocolate con churros

Last night I fulfilled one of the requirements of being a student in Madrid. I left home to go out after 11pm, stayed out until 6am when the metro starts again, and got the famous "chocolate con churros" for breakfast before returning home a little after 7 in the morning. We actually didn't end up staying OUT out the whole night, since we ended up staying at a friend from our program's apartment for a few hours after we were too tired from being out, but still determined enough not to want to pay for a taxi back home haha. Overall, the night was pretty fun. My roommate and I had planned to go out with a few of our friends, but then we all ended up running into another group of people we know, so we kind of merged and all went to this one place where someone had made friends with a person in charge and got us each a free drink. We stayed there for most of the night just talking and dancing - it's interesting how they always tend to play american music...and it's not even always current music - there was some Katy Perry and Ke$ha, but there was also music from the 70s and 80s which I thought was fun, but not everyone agreed haha. I think one of the highlights of the night (other than the chocolate and churros) was that I met my first native madrilenos. It was fun to be able to practice my spanish in such a casual setting, and I felt super cool since I was able to actually hold a conversation - we talked about pretty basic things, but it was a conversation nonetheless and I'm still proud about it haha. So I finally partied like a native last night, and I can see the appeal. I don't think I would be able to stay out that late more than once in a very long while though haha - I guess that's the difference between a native and a student passing through - for me, it was a novelty to stay out way past late, but for a native, that's a standard weekend.