Bienvenidos a Madrid!
These past couple of days have been absolutely incredible! I flew out of Denver on Thursday, the 14th, and landed in Madrid on the 15th at 7 pm. The first flight was British Airway, and it lasted 9 hours. As soon as I sat down in my middle seat, I realized that the chairs had headrests and fell asleep for the next 8-some hours. I only woke up to eat and re-position myself in the small space. The airport in London was beautiful! There was a very large mall with high-end stores that attracted people passing by with their flashing lights and shiny things. The layover lasted about 40 minutes and I was on the smaller plane, sitting by the window, in no time. When we landed in Madrid, two hours later, I went through passport control without any problems and claimed my luggage. I called a cab and showed the driver the address I had carefully written out on a notecard. He said that he knew where that was and helped me put my bags in the back of the car. I sat in the back seat and asked hi...