We made it! After a last goodbye to family and Ross, a layover in PHL, an overnight transatlantic flight, and a crazy sequence of metro transitions (all with 4 months of luggage of course) we made it to Madrid!
First contact was a little rough. We were supposed to call our apartment office a half hour before we showed up to see if we could check-in earlier than the stated 13:00 or store our luggage until then. Correspondence by email in English- not the case by phone. I had 2 separate phone calls with the same guy who could neither speak nor understand English, the latter conversation a little more composed but still not effective (a parking phone? what???) But all was well as we made it to the apartment and were greeted, thankfully, with a woman who could speak English and informed us we could leave our luggage until 13:00 when we could check-in. Happiness ensued (those bags are heavy!)
We milled around the streets until 13:00, which was sorta weird because pretty much nothing opens in Spain until 13:00. It was probably ok that way though because some of us were SUPER jet-lagged. We pretty much just sat at a table and watched the city unfold.
At 13:00 we checked into our apartment, which is beautiful. Looks exactly like the pictures online and is in a pretty good spot. We got ourselves situated and then chilled in the apartment for a bit. After that we headed back out for a tour that ended up being in a completely different place than we thought. Thus: wandering and ice cream. Which was amazing.
A quick trip to the supermarket for meals to be cooked and back to the apartment to deal with our jet-lagged, super-tired selves. It was really funny to be awake, because the day was just an endless cycle of people passing out in sleep. Ben seemed to have a particular talent for it, in really whatever location. :)
Less of the day: know what eats are where and have a few pre-determined options. Food= necessary. And it can take a long time to figure out what 6 people want to eat...
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