A post about Madrid, today. It was hot. That is all. ;) I have never had so much water in my life. I remember driving into Madrid on the bus and looking around at everything, it was exciting to finally be there after traveling for what felt like so long. Madrid we spent mostly shopping. Which is a bit unfortunate because I had ended up leaving alot of the shopping till the last minute. And I promise myself right now, the next time I travel everyone is getting a key chain. Buying clothes, accessories, books, etc. just ends up costing a lot and my suitcase is always over the limit. ;) Thankfully the way back to NY the airport man at the front desk was very nice.

What I enjoyed was having Burger King with our group. I don't eat fast food, so having a coupon and enjoying the chicken sandwiches, fries and coke was lovely. We spent our shopping at Pull & Bear, 3 H&M's all in the same area, first time at Top Shop, Bershka, Lefties, Springfield, Stradivarius, etc.

It was hot but I wasn't sweating. I tried to get in contact with a family member while I was there but things didn't turn out as planned. It was very fortunate that we got free transit passes to use. We were able to take the bus down from where we were staying in Algete. I love transit, when it doesn't involve transit from home. We had a mass (St. Isodores) one morning then were free to walk around. There was some shoe shopping, we had seen so many amazing shoes the whole trip around Spain and both ended up buying a pair. We walked a lot, had to eat and found a Domino's Pizza (since we had vouchers) and we ordered big pizza's for each of us. I have never been inside such a crowded pizza place. So many people, so hot, somehow we found a seat at the beginning. We then ate on the street and fed a dog. We walked around with a big Mexican flag.

We walked along Gran Vía. There were long searches for a bank. There were many WYD groups walking around everywhere, singing, yelling, in matching t-shirts, etc. We ended up at a Starbucks where one one friend was skyping with a friend back home. I'm surprised I actually ended up going to these American places, I try to step away and try something new of course, it only makes sense, that's what travel is for. It was only in Madrid however. ;) While at this Starbucks I got to check up on my facebook and for sometime I looked at photos of E, M & J and actually missed them all. :) I bought me a lovely Mediterranean smoothie to end the day off.

We then took the metro back up, after asking in incorrect Spanish (Algete) on how to get back properly. We got back just fine, thank goodness for good way finding. We took the bus back and went to the grocery store. I wanted to buy some snacks for the plane ride back. We ended up buying ice cream and walking back to our sleeping place.

There was so much more I wanted to see, I wish I had gone into museums and galleries as well. The line-ups were long however but most things we discounted for our WYD groups, it was a good opportunity. :)

Today I spend hand-washing some clothes, because I learned my lesson from being lazy and throwing anything into the laundry machine is not the best idea. ;) I made a facebook account for Snoopy. Started watching Pan Am, focused on getting some new German words and printing out flash cards, made some dinner, ate all the cupcakes I made yesterday, etc. Yesterday had a magazine meeting, and a bus ride with J. Tomorrow meeting with C I'm guessing and have an environmental meeting and then movie night with M. I have been putting off zumba for awhile now. I should shower, but I really want a sandwich. This post was a bit boring.