Of course my suitcase was placed on the wrong flight so I had to wait around for two hours. By the time I filed about the missing luggage I only had about an hour and a half to wait. Nonetheless, I have my suitcase!
I packed way too much so the beautiful 15 minute walk from the bus stop to my hotel was torture. I was about to abandon ship until I realized I need my belongings to survive 5 weeks in Spain.
My hotel is nice. Not 5-star nice, but it does the trick. I am about 4 doors down from the huge plaza, Puerta del Sol so it´s central to great shops and restaurants.
I walked around without referencing a map just to see what I come across. I found Palacio Real, the palace, and a gorgeous church. I also came across a dozen plazas that were great to walk around in. It was so hot today and I don´t think I had enough water so I felt it.
Street performers are more entertaining than I remembered them to be the last time I was here in 2005.
I found a falafel place for dinner and I enjoyed my chocolate con churros for a late night dessert! I somehow stumbled across the very chocolateria that Kathleen and I visited back in 2005!
Tomorrow morning I am going to try to wake up early to go to Retiro Park, which was my favorite thing on my last visit.
Then I am off to take a train to Salamanca and then once I get there, I´m cabbing it to my home stay where I will meet Argelina, my host mom.
Palacio Real
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