Safely Arrived

After a 9 hour flight to Amsterdam, a 3 hour layover, followed by a 3.5 hour flight to Madrid, we arrived in España! Everything went very smoothly - even the food on the airplane was not too bad! A few things we appreciated along the way were the bean bag chairs/mattresses in the Amsterdam airport (so nice to be horizontal for a few hours!) and how wine is served free of charge with dinner on a European flight. :)

After 1 night in Madrid (where our most exciting adventure was figuring out how to go around a busy overpass with our montón de luggage in order to reach our hostel) we decided all we cared about was supper and going to bed. With a year ahead of us, we decided we'll explore Madrid when we aren't walking around in a jet-lagged stupor. :) Luckily there was a supermercado and a panadería within two blocks of our hostel so we bought groceries, had a picnic in the hostel, and then promptly went to sleep (which was more of a "resting horizontally" experience than actually a "sleeping" experience... but you take what you can get when your body thinks you are trying to go to bed at 1pm in the afternoon).

This morning we took a train from Madrid to Granada and were met upon arrival this afternoon by a dear friend of mine who is hosting us for our first week or two while we apartment hunt. After a lovely homemade lunch with him and his family, we were sent straight to bed as it was siesta time anyway. :)

Hasta pronto,

Candyce (y Nathan)