Madrid, does anyone speak english?

Trip Start Jul 15, 2009

Trip End Oct 13, 2009

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Flag of Spain Madrid, Autonomous Region of Madrid, Spain
Saturday, August 15, 2009

    Today at 6am I arrive in Madrid tired and no where to go anyways i just get off the bus and lay there on the concrete for an hour then i go into the bus station and sit for like an hour then I have enough energy to set out and search for someone that speaks english, how is it in spain? Bad. Every single person says No they don�t even know simple similar words. When I do find someone that says yes they speak english i usually find out they are lying and all they no how to say is �es, I speak some english. But I say internet? computers? Cyber cafe? Library? hostels? city center? and then ones that speak english never know what i mean by those words so I leave the bus station start walking and asking and nobody can tell me anything until i give up and just sit by the side of a building, someone comes out back on a smoke break, do you speak english?� I ask, no, but they still come up and keep talking to me in spanish and wait for an answer I don�t understand but they just keep talking.
        Eventually he brings me some coca cola. and he keeps talking so i keep trying to ask for directions, he leaves comes back brings me a double cheese burger so he thinks i am asking for food? All I want is directions, but I am broke and would have just ate bread today since I already broke my budget on an expensive bus, so I eat it then he points to his cheek and wants a kiss, so I get up and slowly sneak away. This is not the first time this has happened I don�t know if I should consider people creepy if they want a kiss or thats just how they say goodbye here.
        In France everybody wants kisses on the cheek even if you are a stranger, when i first go to france I was meeting some people and some guy tried to move closer for cheek kissing time and i moved back and i offended him. He said �"oh, YOu are AMERican!" then held out his hand sharpley and stiffley as to shake my hand coldly and said "As YOU like." Well luckily i stumbled upon an internet cafe on my own and it says internet on the side, same way as in English so I don�t know what ��M doing wrong.