Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Madrid and the Euro Cup Final…

Sunday, July 1
Kat Medill rang up to the apartment and helped me carry my things down for the taxi. I will miss my little apartment! After some laughs trying to call a cab one arrived. I enjoyed my train ride to Madrid. Alternating between sleep and reflection over the month past it was a great way to say goodbye for now to Alicante and the memories made there. I arrived in Madrid and grabbed a taxi to Lauren and her sister's apartment. Only she gave me the wrong street name and 3 suitcases and 2 back packs later (I carried her back pack so she didn't have to pay for it on the small plane to Madrid) I was in the wrong place. I was trying to schlep all that shit through the streets to find a wifi so I could call her. Only the wifi was so bad I couldn't get a Skype call to go through. UGH!!! I googled the name of the apartment building and on a hope and a prayer I caught another cab to the other side of the city. We pulled up out front and I said uno momento por favor…opened the door and hollered out BABY LOOOOOLA!!! Suddenly Lauren came bounding out onto her balcony screaming Ivy!! I have never been so relieved to find someone. She was worried sick about me too. I met her sister and got acquainted with the lovely apartment Raymond (their father) had gotten them for the week.
  Christen, who is Laurens sister had flown in to spend a week with Lauren in Madrid. She had just arrived that morning and was really jet lagged.
We laughed and talked and then walked the streets for a little lunch. We got some yummy food and wine. We walked back to the apartment and took a siesta in preparation for the game tonight. I got up a little before the girls and went down to a little boutique that was closed when we walked by. I scored some really cute clothes…even though I didn't have a bit of room left in my 3 suit cases. Lol. I couldn't help it the clothes were sooooo inexpensive. Back to the apartment to quickly get ready. We hailed a cab to meet la professora's, Kat y George to watch the game together. They too are staying over a few more days. We decided to watch the game in the lobby of their hotel. It was perfect.
 Espana kicked Italias butt 4-0.

 We left a few minutes before the end so we could be in plaza del sol in time to watch the people pour out onto the streets. And pour they did.
 People came from all directions hooting and hollering. We got caught up in the excitement and before we knew it us girls were in the fountain with the rest of the crazies.
 Hollering and splashing water on the crowd. We all shared a bottle of champagne.
  It was AWESOME in every sense of the word. The professoras and George headed back to their hotel and Kat came with us girls. We headed back toward the apartment just watching the people and hollering out, trying to match the excitement of the crowd.
We ended up in another fountain!

This time Kat stayed out and took a picture of us.
It was amazing. Back at the apartment we chatted and shared some wine. I got packed up and in our pj's we just hung out and listened to the people on the streets below. 
Of course we shared a lot more laughs!
We headed to find Kat a cab. It was quite hysterical! After a shower I crashed out and got a few hours of sleep before it was time to go to the airport!

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