I´m here!

Hey guys!
Success! I made it to Madrid after a crap travel day spending 10 hours in-flight in addition to countless hours in airports with long layovers- blech!

I want to thank the following sponsors for making that travel day possible:
i-pod- Oh so many songs, so many hours to listen!
Bridgette Jones´s Diary- smutty novel so good for endless waiting!
Dramamine- the only way I actually got some real sleep on the plane
I promise- I would probably not have made it without these wonderful things! I love them.

So yeah, international travel is not for the weak! And trying to figure out a way to sleep in a slightly reclined seat is near impossible (without drugs!) Especially when you travel alone and a nice older gentleman is next to you. I woke up with my knee touching his leg (huge no-no for seatmates we all know!) and my feet stretched diagonally across, into his feet space. Oops!

So I´m in Madrid, I feel awesome even with little sleep and I do have to brag and say that I made it all the way from the airport by subway with half a dozen train changes and then walked around and actually found my hotel! High 5 to me!

I´m locked outta my room right now, but they told me it´ll be ready soon. I can´t waaaaaaaaaait to take a shower!

So I left the hotel for a little walk around (I´m downtown) and let me tell you what I saw in my first 10 minutes in Madrid:
-2 men about to rumble (Don´t be scared, Ma, I´m in a good part of town!) Anyways, the one guy was yelling and holding out his mace to spray the other dude and they were both yelling and then the other one grabbed a bungee cord from car and was threatening to hit him with it and they were yelling "tu madre" back and forth. I hurried past them so I wouldn´t get maced. But I don´t think anything happened after that. Weird!
-Right after above incident, an old guy looked at me and muttered "Bien, bien, bien." Ewww.
-And then I went to the park and saw a group of teens sharing sips from a 40 oz beer at 11:00 on a Sunday morning.
Bienvenida a Espana!
It´s going to be an interesting trip I think!

Please know that I´m safe and sound and as always, God´s got my back!
Until next time!