Las Aventuras

Feels like every day in this city is an adventure. Who knew that knowing nothing about a city could be the best thing ever...until today our days have been nothing but wandering around almost aimlessly and stumbling upon cool things. The buildings, the people and the weather of Madrid is captivating and leads us up and down las calles (the streets).

Today the wandering was postponed though until after a lot of us went to tour the el Estadio Santiago Bernabéu where Real Madrid plays futból. One of the most fascinating and awesome things that we have seen yet. The stadium is massive and the seats are probably have the size of the seats in Jordan- Hare so that all the fans can be there. We toured the entire thing- top to bottom- from the nosebleeds to the locker rooms where some of the hottest men in the world shower, so that was kind of fun. 

After the stadium tour, we went for tapas en la calle Gran Via which is bumpin'. It's compared to Broadway in New York, but we personally like Gran Via better if that gives you any idea how perfect it really is here. Tapas are small portions of Spanish food- Benjamin and I ordered tapas for two where you spilt four different selections of tapas, but there is a catch because you don't actually get to choose the tapas that they bring you. Thus, ten minutes later when la comida was brought out and there was something that looked like a liver and tasted like a dog biscuit according to Benjamin and Taylor, we were a little concerned. Turns out...it was 'foie' which is indeed the liver of an animal or bird. Needless to say, nothing surprises us anymore... 

Overall, Francie and I are cared for incredibly well and with so much love by Manny. She is a doll but Lord have mercy she will talk your ear off at a pace of about 1,000,000 words per minute. You go Manny. Oh! And it is finally warm enough to put away the jeans and pull out the shorts and skirts. We walked to school this morning through the park in the newly warm weather and it was so wonderful. But...tomorrow we are doing "Run the Retiro" at 5pm (time of day when it is hottest here), so we shall keep you posted on that if we finish it without passing out. Desearnos suerte (wish us luck)! 

We love and miss all of you!

F & C

On the bench in the stadium... Audi seats. Must be nice. 

Siempre Real...Always Real.

El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu where Real Madrid plays. 

Tapas de huevos y foie. Quail egg and liver...