Adiós los Estados Unidos...

Bienvenidos a Espana!
Catherine speaking,
Well... we made it to Madrid!
The 9 hour flight went by fast since it was filled with movies, magazines, photobooth, and some good heart-to-hearts. Once arriving to the aeropuerto in Madrid, we looked like lost 12 year olds searching for their mothers as we looked for our study abroad group.We arrived at 10am  Spain time, which was 3am US time. You could say we have been a bit jet-lagged today. Madrid is so cool. It's pretty much a European version of New York. The foreigners have been kind to us thus far. We have been attempting Spanish in restaurants to order or with strangers. It's a struggle but we will get better...hopefully. We are currently forcing ourselves to stay awake so that we can get used to the time here in Spain! To sum it all up, life is good here. Here are some of our airplane entertainment that might entertain you as well...

Nothing like American girls

Definitely 3:00 in the morning

The delusional state

Siamese twins! We knew we didn't want to be separated this trip anyways.

pinch.

Males or females? You decide..

Anyone ever seen the ring?

Since we are in Spain, we are officially artsy. SOO, be looking for wittier posts and beautiful photos...

Sarah Beth here,

I won't give a repeat of our day since Catherine pretty much summed it up...and I also have 5 minutes until the free hotel lobby WiFi runs out so I'm going to do some speed blogging! As we were about to land in Madrid and are looking out the window, Catherine's first comment was "Hmm..kind of looks like Dallas!" And we wonder why people think American's are arrogant. 

We spent a few hours walking around the city and exploring the cobble stone streets looking oh so American with our messenger bags and cameras...not to mention walking with a red-head. Kind of a dead give away. Not that I look at all like a Spaniard. Maybe Swedish? I guess we'll just keep our mouths shut and let them decide! After struggling a bit whether to eat at the Azul Cafe, standing extremely awkwardly in the restaurant, wondering how to ask where to sit, we finally mustered up the courage. When ordering, it took a second to get our point across that we wanted tap (not bottled) water and chicken salads but we managed and felt accomplished in our newfound independence. 

After our meeting tonight we will most likely be in bed by 9:00 because staying up longer than 24 hours does not look to good on us. Well I guess I can only speak for myself but a shower and pajamas has sounded wonderful since 10:00 this morning. Until next time, adios!

Peas and blessings,

Carmen y Estefani 

(our spanish counterparts)