Day 1.4 Madrid (Auna)

Day 1.4: Madrid

       Once I wake up I roll towards Deija, I ask her what time it is and she says "8:12 Let's go!" and I knew exactly what she was talking about. We both throw off the covers, stretch, and slip on our sandals. That's exactly how it went, we run down stairs, grab a chair to sit at in the Café through the lobby. We see a bar filled with cereal, an assortment of sandwiches meats and cheese, bread, butter and jam, napalitanos, croissants, orange juice and milk! The fancy shmancy hotel offers FREE breakfast! Deija and I were really excited for this the night before. We ate, and we ate some more. It was really good!

      It felt really nice to mosey around the hotel room and take my time. The shower was amazing, it had a lot of water and it stayed the nice hot temperature the whole time! I think Deija and I both averaged about half an hour each in the shower. We could just lay around if we wanted to all day.... But we are in Madrid! We're not going to lay around all day. We have to see the town so we hop on the metro to downtown Madrid. Our first stop is the Palacio Real, I think that means real palace...? I know it was a palace though. It was huge! We sat around in the Sabatini Gardens which was right in front of it. It was beautiful with statues and fountains all over the place. Deija and I climbed a tree and we messed around a bit. Then we walked to the Debod temple. I don't know much about the temple but March tells us that it was found in Egypt and they took it apart and rebuilt it here! Of course it was closed on Mondays so we didn't get to go in but it was huge and really cool. We saw some great views of the city and let me tell you something, Madrid is HUGE! We walked down Gran Vía and it was so busy! Buildings full of stores, cafes, and hotels towered over me. Some of buildings were beautiful and had statues set at top. I think I was the only one who was kind of overwhelmed, I had never been to such a big place.

     We see Plaza Mayor and then we head back because we had to sneak Bree into the hotel after she arrived from her flight from Portugal. We were all reunited again! Bree sets out to see what we just did and we all lay back around the hotel by the swimming pool and we explore more bits of the town. In just a few days I shall arrive home. My feelings are being a bit unsure of how I feel. Every time I hear from a friend or someone in my family I get excited and I can't wait to be home! ... But whenever I step out into the town and see the beauty of Europe I don't want to leave yet! My mom would say that it has been long enough and for the time I guess it has been but I will be back and my travels don't end here. March shows me just how stressful and how much work it takes but I'm prepared. I would like to say thanks to everyone who is reading, I appreciate it and you are also apart of this trip! Thanks again!
   
Auna