Day 1: Madrid

After leaving Calgary at 9am we finally got to Madrid at 9:30am today (Tuesday).  The flights were all really good and luckily for everyone, I didn't get sick.  We were both exhausted when we got here but decided to fight the jet leg and check the city out.  We had a quick shower only to realize it was a bit useless as it was 37C out (Apparently Spain is getting summer even if Canada isn't).

We checked out alot of cool places and then had a quick lunch at a tapas bar (I don't think the Spaniards each lunch really since its mostly tapas everywhere - but I really like it!).  I've also discovered that in my 6 weeks off I should have learned at least some Spanish as ordering on the menu was interesting.  We ended up getting 6 little loaves of bread with meat ranging from proscuito and cheese to tuna and anchovies (Travis wouldn't even touch it).

We then checked out a few palaces and bought some fruit and came back here.  Travis made it an entire 30s before falling asleep so it looks like we'll be here for the night.... Enjoy the pics from Day 1!!

                                           Communications Palace

Our Bed and Breakfast - its really really cute and the man who owns it has been really great with telling us where to go.  And below.. Travis done for the day