I'm here!

Okay, so I'm here guys! I'm still in Madrid for another night and then Toledo for one more and then I'm going to Sevilla! The last two days have been an absolute whirlwind. I left Nashville at 12:40. I actually got held up at security because they thought my Pepto Bismol tablets (yet to be opened and still had the seal) were magnesium ball bearings. I still don't really understand. But other than that, my flight to JFK was fine. Just a tiny plane. Then I had a 2 hour layover at JFK and boarded a plane and here I am. We actually got here an hour early. When we got to the airport, we had to get from terminal 1 go terminal 4. That sounds easy. Nope. We had to ride a bus for 15 minutes on the Spanish equivalent of an interstate in order to do so. That was weird. Then we got to said terminal and discovered trash. EVERYWHERE. The cleaning crew is on strike here so nothing was getting cleaned. Many people bring in their garbage and dump it in the airport. So we waited there for like 3 hours and finally left. We got to the hotel and I crashed. After a nice nap, we got a panoramic tour of Madrid by bus. Then we had a meeting to cover a bunch of stuff. Then, a group of us went to eat at a small place called El Brillante. That's where I had a bocadillo for the first time. It's fried calimari (squid) and lemon. It was...okay. Haha. Then we walked around and did some souvenir shopping, and came back and crashed. I am now writing this after 10 hours of sleep in one night. It was wonderful. Now we tour Madrid more. The Prado Museum, Puerta del Sol, and La Plaza Mayor. I'll keep you updated! Below are some pictures of the stuff I mentioned in this post.