¡hola!

June 10, 2006 by j.

24 hours, 9 time zones, 4 cities… jack bauer ain´t got nuthin on me baby.

Thursday evening, caught the redeye out of Los Angeles to DC… where Kevin picked me up at the airport, fed me, took me home to do laundry and do a hurried packing job.. and then 2 hrs later promptly did his best imitation of a mexican speedracer, zipping me right back to the airport again. He nearly ran out of gas.. the car started sputtering right when we got close to the airport and Kevin was pounding on his pedals and huffing and puffing so much, rocking back and forth in his driver´s seat like a rocking chair on crack.. I think he willed the car into starting again just through sheer willpower. I wasn´t worried about not making it though - at that point, I think if Kevin had to get out of the car and carry me on his back the rest of the way to the airport to make my flight, he would have done it. I’m just that lucky. Thanks babe! (Sidenote: he actually did run out of gas shortly after leaving the airport, but you can see his blog for the story on that!)

From there, I jumped on a plane to Atlanta, sat around for two hours, and then boarded my flight to Madrid. Where I am now. ¡Hola!  Two back-to-back redeyes later though, I’m pretty wiped out, and would rather not see a plane for a little while.

So far, have seen a bit of the city. Our hotel is really nice and right in the center of the heart of the city.. an area called Puerto del Sol. I’ve had me some bocadillas (little sandwiches), but they’re not the kind we had in Barcelona.. these are smaller, about the size of a hot dog, with a variety of different fillings rather than just jamon serrano like the ones in Barcelona. I had jamon iberico, plus bacon and pesto in mine. Yumsers! Also have had spanish chocolate and churros, our second food stop. When in Madrid, one must eat! Or is it… when in Madrid, do all the madrileños? Hm.

Need to go take a nap now.

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