I love Jet Lag

HOME! After a frustrating day at the airport [only for me, not the rest of the group of course :P] I've made it to Bethel College! Matt picked me up from Chicago and we stopped at the first Taco Bell we found outside of the city. I literally cried about it. I cried about a lot yesterday though. It's very overwhelming coming back "home" when home has been somewhere else for 6 weeks. After getting back to Bethel, Matt returned to basketball camps and I met Sara and Allison, my former roomies, for a classic Chili's night :] Then Sara and I slept in Heather's bed and now I have a full day of NOTHING for once in a very long time to try and get used to the time difference.

I forced myself to stay up late tonight. went to bed at midnight [6am Spain time] but woke up at 4am [10am Spain time] ready to start the day. I did lay in bed dozing in and out of sleep until 8 but i couldn't do it anymore.

But - before I post any reflections or thoughts on my trip as a whole, I haven't posted anything about Madrid :]

This is what Madrid had to offer:

-Reina Sophia and El Prado - two internationally known Art museums with many very very famous masterpieces.

-A park comparable to Central Park in NY. loved it.

-amazing food.

-bull fight... hated. every. second. animal torcher at its finest. first time i ever witnessed an animal being killed - witnessed 2 of them actually :[

-El Rastro - a massive flea market only open sunday mornings. pick pocketer's paradise, but i got nothing stolen and got some AMAZING deals on some great gifts for family and myself :P

-El Palacio Real - the royal palace. it's depressing we couldn't take pictures. there's no way to describe the rooms in that place. most amazing thing i've ever seen.

Monday was the last full day in Spain and it was spent in Toledo, a town just outside of Madrid.

It was an "assignment" that we had to find out way there with one other person, then navigate through the very confusing streets of the city to find 7 different sites. Chelsey and I did it together and managed to get everything done 3 hours before our train left to go back. So we did like the Spanish and took a nap by the river :]

Now I'm home. I'll reflect later. Maybe after the pains of jet lag wear off.

Hasta Luego!