Day 1: Madrid

Today we flew into Madrid and arrived at 7:25 Madrid time, which was 1:25 Georgia time.  The flight was a long 8 hours, but it seemed to go by pretty quickly, especially watching 2 movies on the plane.  We took a bus from the airport to the hotel and dropped our bags off, but we could not check into our rooms yet, so we just left our luggage and explored the city.  It is beautiful! All the buildings are so old and so pretty! I love it! We walked around and went to stores and coffee shops until noon when we were too tired to function.  I bought a new bathing suit because I forgot mine in Georgia, but at least I have one now! We sat in the hotel lobby until we finally got a room and took a nice 4 hour nap.  Then we got ready for dinner at the hotel and later tonight we will be going on a bus tour of the city.  It will be nice to see some more of Madrid.  We still have tomorrow in Madrid and we leave for Cadiz on Monday.  I am so glad to be here and excited for the next 6 weeks!