It's been a while since I blogged, but as I start this European vacation I thought it would be nice to revisit blogging.
Wednesday, I woke up to a text that said our flight was expected to be delayed four hours. However, because the flight could leave early, we still arrived at the airport at 3:45. We were provided with meal vouchers so we got to eat at PF Chang's for free. After a while, we headed towards our gate. It felt like absolute madness, as several neighboring gates were hours delayed, but we eventually got on the tarmac, to take a bus. After standing on the bus for ten minutes, we started moving. With sweet relief, the bus stop, the doors opened, and people began gallivanting off the plane…. But mere moments later, we were told our bus was at the wrong plane. We squeezed back into the bus and finally got to our seats. I got situated and promptly fell asleep for a good 5-6 hours, missing take off entirely. The remainder of the flight went by quickly as I fell back asleep, and spent the last two hours of the flight watching Eat Pray Love. We arrived 6 hours later than expected, but we breezed through customs. After a metro ride with two transfers, we made it to our Airbnb.
(Upstairs)
(Bedroom)
We knew before we arrived that there would be a lot of stairs, but it was still a surprise to find 110 stairs between us and our room. We managed to haul our bags up the stairs with a brief rest break part way.
After dropping or bags off, Lorena and I went exploring, wandering in the direction of anything interesting. The area around or apartment is amazing. It's so lovely, filled with tapas restaurants, ice cream shops, and oodles of nooks and crannies with little stored. After two hours of exploring and eating delicious ice cream, we returned to our apartment to try to sleep.
Today, we got up and walked around Madrid, starting the day at a delicious crepe restaurant where Sara and I split a savory crepe with spinach, Swiss, and mushrooms, and a sweet crepe with blackberries and marscapone. They were both delicious and complemented my espresso with sweetened condensed milk.
From there, we explored a modern art museum inside of a government building. After, we went to retiro park where we rented a rowboat and then had a picnic in the park. It was the perfect way to enjoy the day. To round out the day, we went to the Prado museum where we saw a lot of European art. We're taking a rest break and will soon be heading out for the evening. I'm going to try to keep my posts short since I'll be seeing all of you soon.
