End of the weekend

The view from where we are staying.

We made it to the top of a building to capture a view of the city. 

On our walking adventure around the city at night.

First time hanging my clothes out the window to dry. What happens if they fall?

The view I principe pio metro station.

Casa de Campo 

Day 2/3 Getting the lay of the land

Like coming to any new place you tend to feel lost for awhile. We have spent the last two days getting our feet under us. We have been using the maps.me offline map to orient ourselves from plaza to parque. We've eaten tapas with jámon and settled into our new apartment. We even went for a nice run through a nearby parque with a view of the mountains behind the cityscape. I still wonder what types of trees I'm seeing, they are similar to Florida/Georgia without the palm trees. If anyone else is traveling to Europe and wants to set up and international cell phone here is what we had to do: unlock phone from home, go to Movistar to get a Tuenti pay as you go SIM card for 7 euros a month, and thank your Spanish friend mucho gracias for translating for you! Now on to figuring out the metro and spending the last few days of vacation exploring! I've already started my last semester of college and start our teaching English class on Monday :-)

Day 1 Shock and Awe

Well we made it to Madrid after an 8 hour plane flight. We took a taxi to our Hostel and spent the next few hours exploring the city. There are lots of shops and tall old buildings. We found a couple plazas to walk around in. We even ate paella for dinner!