I reached Madrid at 1AM CST, 7:30AM Madrid time. My flight from O´Hare to Dulles was two hours late, so it was a miracle that I caught my connecting flight to Spain. I was even running to the gate when I heard "passenger Anameeka Beedee please report to C10, this is the final boarding call."
Everything worked out, but the seven hour flight was killer. I haven´t slept well in a good two-three days but my body wouldn`t let me conk out on the plane. I watched The Muppet Movie and The Iron Lady to try to make the flight go faster. Eventually, we landed, and I was officially in Europe for the first time in my life.
I met up with Carmela at baggage claim and she took me to our hostel for some breakfast. We´ve been walking around Madrid since then, looking at beautiful churches, wrapping our heads around some of the fashion trends and catching up with each other.
At some point I got so exhausted that Carmela paid for my metro ticket so I could sleep back at the hostel. Now I´m here, but our room won´t be ready for an hour.
Closing remarks: Madrid´s okay, but it´s just another big city like New York. I´m excited for some of the other places in Spain we´ll be going.
Today´s Mission: Get enough sleep.
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