I'm in Spain!!
Well, today was our first day in Spain. What a long day its been! Well two really. We started the trip yesterday, May 21st at 11:30 am and arrived in Spain at 1:30 Utah time, 9:30 am Spain time. Basically we missed our eight hours of sleep and just kept going. We’re EXHAUSTED!! After we got here we met up with my aunt Janette and her friend Cindy, and took the metro to out hostel. Wow, what a trip. I ended up bringing two suitcases (not a good idea) and had to haul them all over Madrid, transferring trains and carrying them up long frights of stairs. By the time we made it to the hostel (with is on the 4th floor by the way) we were all worn out, hot, and sweaty. My mom and Sage (my 11 year old sister) took a nap while Janette, Cindy, and I went to explore and find some lunch. It was fun for me to hear Spanish spoken on the street and be able to talk to people (I’ve really missed Spanish these last eight weeks since I’ve been home). We ate at a little Italian restaurant where we got some chicken sandwiches in a pita (mmm, good), and window shopped. Tonight we went to dinner at a little restaurant/bar and ate some real Spanish food. It was a potato with a ranch type sauce and fried eggs with some strange type of sausage. It was pretty good actually. I'll post some pictures later. We're off to bed now.