March 2, 2010: So last Thursday night, Grace McCord was coming all the way from Sweden to visit little ole me! I was super excited until I got her e-mail that because of one of millions of French air strikes, her plane was severely delayed. Alas, she would not make it to Pamplona before Friday. What could I do?
Well, I hopped on a bus to Madrid to meet her, that’s what! I couldn’t leave her stranded in this country without a translator. Plus, I didn’t have anything else to do on Thursday if she wasn’t going to be there. So, we met up in Madrid and had a spontaneous adventure! We stayed in a nice hostel, thanks mom and dad :) and Friday morning, we went to STARBUCKS. We may have spent a lot of money there, but we left feeling like we’d won the lottery. We were SO HAPPY to have real Starbucks Coffee! After our amazing caffeine boost, we wandered around the city taking pictures and taking advantage of the blue skies and the heat wave. It was like 63 degrees! We went to their huge park and walked around and we went to an art museum and we just generally had a wonderful, touristy day. Friday night when we got back, we just cooked some dinner and went to bed.
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