Just arrived in Madrid!!

My 9.5 hour flight is officially over. My computer says 5:59 a.m. but here it is 12:59 p.m. and sunny and beautiful. I met up with my old roommate here and am sitting at Cafe Ojala (Cafe Wish...somewhat). We just ordered some canas (half pints) of Warsteiner and patiently awaiting my first genuine tapas in 14 months. The people all around me are speaking in the very passionate way Spainards are acustomed to and I'm so giddy that I'm writing this with a smile on my face looking like the typical American tourist.

I just turned the camera function on my computer to on and went outside and took this photo, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30796964@N02/3588984324/ and came back inside and took this one, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30796964@N02/3588177379/

I will take some video throughout the day and shoot them over to www.newsok.com as soon as I can (probably tonight or tomorrow morning).

Adios!

-CBC