Espana dia uno

Last night we left miami flew over to spain on what we thought was a made up airline until the inlaws dropped us off at the airport. There were very few americans on the flight. Turns out neither wife nor I remember much of our high school english, taking hebrew in college was a huge waste.

We landed around noon, breezed through customs got to our hotel and took advantage of the spanish tradition of siesta. At around 7 we headed down to the main part of madrid wandered around bought wife a sweater had some tapas and went to a flamenco show. Wife loved the flamenco show, I enjoyed the music part of it but felt awkward staring at the man who was smaller than I was at 8.

We metrod back to the hotel. dia uno completoed.

version de esposa

Landing in Madrid was very scenic, with lots of big trees and farms.We've met nice and laid back people, who helped us along as we were struggling through Spanish since most Spaniards don't speak English.

The weather right now is perfect - 70's and not windy. It was awesome stepping out of the metro station into a bustling plaza surrounded by old, charming buildings. We kept walking from plaza to plaza with cafes outside. The locals really started coming out around 9pm for dinner. We ate outside and had jamon iberica (Iberian ham, tasty and lean) and croquettas, two must-haves from the area. Delicious food, but mostly meat, potatoes and bread. I already miss fruit and vegetables, but will make an effort to have some eventually.

We went to a Flamenco show at 10:30pm. It was the first time I'd seen a man do flamenco dancing, and it was powerful and dramatic, but also fun to see how much he enjoyed himself. We learned the performers are all gypsies who grew up dancing, singing, or playing guitar for flamenco. Apparently in Spain you can't really perform Flamenco without having grown up learning it.

Finally we're able to get a full night's sleep tonight!