I´ve only been here a few days and already I´ve fallen in love with this country. In just the first day we had lunch in the king´s park (one of them), tried absynthe, joined a trade union protest, met some awesome and quite accommodating Spaniards, had delicious tapas and went out drinking all night (after two full days without sleep). The next day we got a walking tour of the city from our host Manuel, who seems to know just about everything about Madrid, which left us about ready to fall over from exhaustion and dehydration (thank God for siestas). He´s also a great cook, so we´ve been eating way better than I´m sure you expected, Mom. I even know how to make paella now! (kind of). -J
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