Spain

I arrived in Spain Tuesday morning at 9am after an all night flight. I only slept about an hour on the plane and we lost 8 hours overall, so I had a severe case of jetlag. We did some shopping and walked around the central plaza of Madrid (Puerta del Sol) during the evening. Today, Wednesday, we took a bus tour of Madrid, and saw various important building including el Palacio Real and the famous park of Madrid - el Retiro. I´ve tried several famous Spanish dishes including Tortilla española (a type of quiche with potatoes) and gazpacho (a cold tomato soup). Life is different here. All the meals are a couple of hours later then the US, the keyboards have different symbols in different places, and everything is smaller - the streets, rooms, beds, cars, and food portions. I´m enjoying everything except the smoke. It seems like more than 90% of the people smoke - especially in the streets and restaurants. Well, that´s all for now. Saludos!

Brad