Adventures in Madrid

First a funny anecdote from 5am this morning. Ben woke up positive that we had bed bugs. I woke up to him online researching bed bugs and if they were dangerous. I realized he was half asleep and tired to tell him we didn't have bed bugs but he made me check for them and when he saw a tiny piece of lent from his sock he though it was a bed bug! I assured him it wasn't and after he put a shirt on he finally felt comfortable enough to go back to sleep. When I asked him about it this morning he said he barely remembered getting up.

And now to the rest of the day.

I had my meeting today in Madrid to find out more information about what I will be doing. My title is: Profesor Colabrador. I will be assigned to one teacher and will assist that teacher with their lessons. I still do not now which subject I will be in. I am hoping for P.E. :) After the meeting we went to a little bar/restaurant and had "tapas" For those of you who don't know, tapas are awesome! Only some restaurants have them. When you order a drink you get a free plate of appetizers. I wish the States had this!

Before going to the meeting we went in early to explore a little bit.

The foot path over the freeway.

The following photos are from La iglesia de Los Jerónimos

Ben liked this one because it has an eternal flame. :)

Just your average local post office. 

Puerta de Alcalá 

Fuente de Cibeles

Cool buildings:

The one on the right is a Rolex store.

There were tons of people dressed up in Mickey and  Minnie Mouse, Seasme Street, Smurf and Teenage Mutant Ninga Turtles costumes. I went to take a picture of one and Mickey got excited but then Ben told me to put my camera away because we would have to pay for it. So I zoomed in from afar and got a picture!

Lots of shops down this road. They had shade screens up above the street.

There is graffiti EVERYWHERE! After the dictator Franco died, there weren't as many police around and people went crazy with graffiti!

El museo de jamón. There was so much meat in this one tiny shop!