Live Love Laugh

We love EL BUS! It't the one part of the day we don't have to walk. . . Yay.

Hola from España. Phew it has been quite the few days here! I think Sunday was my lucky day for travel because upon checking my weighed in at a whopping 50.0 lbs which I think deserves a round of applause. Right before our plane boarded my name was called and I was bumped to Business Class (thank you very much Riches family). While I enjoyed the finer things in life such as foot rests, a pre-boarding beverage, warm hand towels my little Felicia was stuck in coach, however, she did wander up to say hi to me on the plane. Leaving Denver seemed to take an eternity and after deicing we were almost an hour behind schedule. This was no bueno because we now only had half an hour from the time our plane landed and our connection from D.C. left. The last thing I wanted was to be stuck in Washington D.C. airport not able to make it while the rest of the group was on their way to Spain. As it would turn out we landed ran to the departure board and discovered our plane was one gate over from our previous gate-we must have been living right this week! I crammed into my little seat in coach and kept reminiscing about my business class days, I’m sure Felicia was tired of hearing about that by the time we landed.

After arrival in Madrid we wasted no time. We met up with our host parents and were taken to our new casa. Felicia and I settled into our new room and unpacked our massive bags which took up the entire floor in our bedroom! We were then introduced to the fine dining here in Spain with a huge (literally could have fed my entire family) lunch. I have never been so full but I am soooo thankful for the Siesta. After 16 hours of no sleep I was in dire need of some rest.

Nuestro Cuarto

On our way to la universidad

We awoke the next morning to some pastries for breakfast and hot milk. Felicia and I then learned our way through the bus system here at Alcalá. We found the university, bank, and cosmetic shop (I wanted to cry they have Clinique Mascara!!).  We made our first purchase here in Spain. . . a bus pass! Who would have thought that they sold bus passes in the tobacco shop? We then wandered back to the bus to head home. In the process we discovered why Europeans are so skinny. They literally walk everywhere! Felicia and I walked to the shopping mall which is conveniently only a five minutes from our little casa. I’m sure we will be going there frequently after all they have Zara and H&M what more do you need??

 

  We definitely know our way here, look Mom everything is on sale!

With this great adventure one big lesson I am learning is to Live, Love, and Laugh. Whenever I make mistakes or Felicia and I are completely lost we just laugh it off, walk miles back to where we started and start over and at the end of the day we end up where we need to be. Viva España!

La Casa