Yes, Oui, Sì

I arrived in Barcelona exhausted! But thought going into town was too good to resist. I checked out the harbour and the market, having a yummy shake made with fresh fruit. The only downer was that I was literally falling asleep standing up... Not wanting to fall asleep on a bench in Barcelona (hello danger!) I hopped on the bus to bring me back to the airport. I was able to catch an hour sleep in the airport but I was hurtin´ not having slept in nearly 30 hours!

But the night got AWESOME! I jumped on the plane to Madrid and arrived in what so far seems to be paradise! I arrived, headed to Terminal 4 to meet Anna coming in from Copenhagen and then we caught the Metro into downtown Madrid. It was so great to be with my BFF again!!!

We found our hotel 2 steps (literally) from the metro stop next to a giant open air market. We settled into our awesome hotel (with a bathtub!!!) and headed out to explore stopping first at the ice cream place right across from the hotel (seriously best hotel EVER!) Picking up a yummy thin crust pizza to eat in our room on the way back.

I promptly passed out from exhaustion. And slept in to 11am! YES!

We headed on a self-guided city tour (yeah Anna!) and ate breakfast / lunch at a yummy pastry place! Coffee is FAB!!! We then toured around seeing some government offices (yeah... I could work there... our diggs are so disappointing in comparison!) and the cathedral and palace (we will visit the insides later on...) We then visited a converted market for some tapas and some Cava (Spanish sparkling wine... so yummy!)

Then it was off to see if we could get Real Madrid tickets! Fingers crossed we talked with this awesomely helpful ticket guy who suggested we try buying online... but ONLY from RealMadrid.com. Heading right back to the hotel (they have free internet in the lobby) we consulted the hotel front desk and the told us to stay away from a few sections (we did not want to be mixin´ with the drunk hooligans!) and then we narrowed it down and bought the only two tickets we could find together! HOLY CRAP we are seeing REAL MADRID LIVE!!! And the seats are decent... third level center!

I SO LOOOOVVVEEE MADRID!