so here is day one in photos:
after our ridiculously terrible flight to madrid*, we arrived less than fresh-faced and rested in the capital of spain. after mastering the metro system but accidently going to the wrong place, we walked for about twenty minutes to our hotel, the westin palace (top right). i got a good deal on it online, and man was it worth it. beautiful and elegant and in a great location. so we get to the hotel, fight the calling of a nap and head out to explore. we vistied plaza mayor (bottom middle) for a sandwich and some sangria. instead of more energized, we were probably more sleepy from the sangria. but we continued on to two museums which we walked around half dead. we did manage to amuse ourselves slightly (bottom left, bottom right), and saw amazing picasso, velasquez, miro, dali, and goya paintings. my favorite was la guernica by picasso (top middle). once our eyes couldn't hold themselves open anymore, we went back and took advantage of spanish siesta time for a few hours, then went out to dinner and had some paella (middle middle) at a fun little outdoor cafe (top left).
all in all it was a fun day, hopefully we won't remember how tired we were for long and we can remember madrid as a fun and happy place.
next up...NERJA, the best beach in the world. stay tuned.
*all of our flights went wrong in one way or another, but this might have been the worst. behind us on our 8 hour flight were hundreds of loud, obnoxious, and rude high school Spaniards. they ran around, screamed, and were extremely disrespectful the whole flight. even though it was an overnight flight and people were trying to sleep (me, adam), these kids were the worst.
