Adventure Time With Becky pt. 2

Wow. We are finally here in Madrid after 8 days. After taking a 9 hour flight to Rome, 20 hour ferry ride to Barcelona, and a 3 hour train ride WE ARE HERE! These past days have been great and such an experience. Now to let you know what happened in the past few days.

Well first when we thought of a ferry ride we thought of a little boat, you know nothing fancy. When we pulled up to the dock we saw a cruise ship, a boat that looked like a cruise ship, and then a cute little boat that was the size of a fishing boat. We honestly thought we were going to have to squeeze in the little boat. After David said our boat was the next one over I jumped for joy because it was just like a cruise ship! There were many people on the boat and some fellow michiganers were down the hall from us. The food was very good but the rooms were the size of a peanut! Most of the rooms were full with four people, and wen had no moving room what so ever! We could not even do a full 180 turn in the shower. The funny thing is the four biggest guys we have, Ian, Jacob, Kendal, and Alex roomed together! Other than the small space we had a very nice boat ride to Barcelona with new friendships, and even some good karaoke by Olivia, Evan, and I. We tried singing " wouldn't it be nice" by the beach boys... We were so good they had to cut us off two times!

We arrived in Barcelona and went right to dinner. They must of heard our stomachs because our dinner was an all you can eat buffet. The pilgrims became vicious lions when they saw the food and pounced....it was scary. The next morning we did some touring around then went to the heart of Barcelona for lunch and free time. Olivia and I went to go get mcdonalds for some "fast" food. Honestly the lines were mobs of people just pushing each other. We tried this touch screen menus but the locals started laughing at us when we didn't know what to do. We all had to hurry to the bus to catch the train to Madrid so we didn't have a lot of time in Barcelona. We got to the train station and got onto our train. Our group was split up, and we had 5 groups of 6 people throughout the train. Myself was in section 7 while everyone else was in front of us. Not knowing we were stuck in the second class while half of our group was in first class with the three coarse meals and endless drinks! How unfair is that!? Also that train must have had the most confusing bathroom I have ever been in. The door slides open like a spaceship but you have to push a specific button so it took me a good 5 minutes to open the door and another 5 to close it. Then you hear this crazy American girl in the bathroom screaming because she can't get out! You could say I didn't have the best train experience but everyone else had a glorious time.

We arrived in Madrid and went straight to our hotel. After unpacking we went to the main square and got a tour of the city then had dinner. We took the subway back too! We pretty much took every way possible to travel on this trip. We woke up today and toured around and visited the royal palace. Then we had lunch, free time, and dinner. It was a pretty easy day for us. Tomorrow is the official first day of WYD and we have no idea what to expect but we are very excited! Every corner you turn in the streets of madrid you see people holding up flags from a different country. I have met people from Poland, brazil, Mexico, paraguay, and even great Britian! I can not wait for tomorrow and I will make sure to keep you updated! Well keep reading our blog and talk to you soon! Adios!

Becky holubka