I finally arrived in Spain this morning. I had a wonderful (albeit short) visit with all my family in South Dakota, and traced the Lord´s design in all the inconvenient timing after all. He truly orders our steps.
Today i took a lot of steps. I arrived in Madrid mid-morning and set out to see the city in one day flat. I didn´t sleep on the plane and the night before i think i slept four hours...you do the math. After walking literally all day, I positively dropped when i got home from dinner about 9pm.
Madrid has more grand old buildings than i supposed, the Prado gallery housed some astronomical number of paintings, the city gardens stretched forever, and the choice of authentic hole in the wall dining options seems limitless.
I made my feet sore but i think i got a solid overview of the city! Good thing, too, because tomorrow i want to catch a train to nearby Toledo...
