Arriving in Spain
We finally made it to Spain!!! Traveling to another country is definitely tiring.
On Jan 13 we both worked half day and after we got off from work we had to drive down to Orlando. We made a 6 hr drive to our friend’s house, where they so graciously let us spend the night. Thanks guys!!!!
The following day the took us to an awesome seafood place on the East Coast of Florida. Chris and I shared 42 shrimpies. We thought that was going to be a lot but we killed them! Kaysen and Casey then took us to the airport so we could catch our 5pm flight to Philly. We were on a packed flight and there was no room for an upgrade. We were in the middle of the plane that pretty much sucked. There were crying children in front and behind us. So much for a quiet nap.
We make it to Philly with enough time to buy some CFA and eat at our terminal before its boarding time. We board this ginormous plane, the biggest one I have ever been on, and we get the call… “Folks we are experiencing some trouble and there is a leak that needs to be fixed before we can leave. We are going to have to ask you to deplane because it may take up to 4 hours to fix. If the problem is not fixed in 4 hrs then we will have to use another plane.” 4 HOUR delay! Gah. Already 9pm and it is going to mess with my sleeping. My intention was to sleep for the whole flight and then wake up in when we landed in Madrid and 1030 am and avoiding jetlag. Fail, I took a deep nap while we waited to board the plane again. They fixed the problem and take off was 1am, booooooooo!!! I passed out as soon as we took off but I kept waking up every few hours. We finally arrive in Spain at 230 and it takes us forever to get to Customs and then we have to wait in a super long line. We probably waited for an hour because there only 2 lines for the foreigners and like 8 for the EU residents. I spoke to the Customs Agent in Spainish and he called me a gusty American for speaking the language well. I then told him I was Mexican and he looked even more surprised.
After going through Customs we pretty much walked the length of the airport just to get to the metro. I now see why these Spaniards are so damn skinny, walking everywhere! I don’t mind at all but when you have a winter coat and luggage to carry around it gets hot and tiring.
The metro is a big thing here and it is pretty much awesome. Marta comes nowhere near the metro. Luckily, the place we are staying is right in front of the metro so we didn’t have to travel far once we got off the train. We are staying with some really cool guys and they gave us a key and everything. We come and go as we please. After we got settled into our room and showered we were off to do a little bit of exploring. We got to the flat at like430, we talked with the guys for a little while, showered and got ready it was 730. We went and got some food and then we explored the market. Holy crap!!! That market is amazing!!! There are individual vendors within the market. It was pretty damn cool. We didn’t know where or what else to do so we headed back to the flat. We turned in for an early night at 9 pm but I had a hard time sleeping. My body was tired but my mind was wide awake. Boo 