Madrid is cool.

Ok, finally we are in Spain where the keyboards are basically decent. The french ones were messed up.

Our third night sleeping in the car was BRUTAL. We finished walking around Bordeaux around and found a place to park in a Atac Supermarket around 8. We played cards and drank out of a 5 litre keg of wine we bought for 3.95. It tasted like sour grape juice. Pa-thet-ic. We were basically homeless. We were also starting to reek of sour B.O. I woke up at least 75-95 times during the night. Four people slept in a 4 x 8 foot box for 3 days. We lived in a car. For three days. We ate in parking lots and people laughed at us. Out of 72 hours we had the car, we spent at least 68 in the car. Its all about the experience I guess.

Then came the train from hell. Yesterday we dropped of the car as soon as possible when we woke up and hopped on a train to Irun in Spain, just across the border. We had to wait for four hours in the train station and all we could find to eat was chips and pastries. It was brutal. Then we hopped on the train, which was really nice. Very clean and tonnes of leg room. We were excited. About 2 hours into the journey the train stopped, which was basically in the middle of nowhere. 45 minutes later we were informed the train would not be leaving for 2 more hours because it broke down. WHAT?!?!?!?!? NOOOOOO! At least they gave a free sandwich and drink for our troubles. We were supposed to arrive in Madrid at 10.30, we got there at like 1:30. We were tired and stressed. We had just slept in a car for three days and our spines were twisted into knots. We were in a new city and our hostel was far, no buses in sight and no taxi was willing to take 4 of us. It was an all time low. I would have paid 5 years salary to be at home in my bed, my little dogs sleeping by my feet. I guess we looked pathetic enough and a taxi driver finally took us to the hostel.

We got to the hostel at two, showered ( we were so greasy the water beaded off of us, like it would a ducks feather, and my hair was so greasy the shampoo didnt lather enough) and went to bed. The beds were awesome. It was like sleeping on a could. Wonderful . SLeep was not long enough though cause we had to be packed up and checked out by 11. Today in Madrid we went to two art museums, mostly paintings, and hung out in the parks. It was a good day. I love the Spanish, so friendly and full of life. In a few hours we will hop on a night train to Portugal. It should be an ok sleep, and Lisbon sounds like an awesome city! Our days look brighter.

Speaking of brighter, I think the train from hell last night tricked the rain clouds and they lost us, because today was a beautiful day. Blue skies and sunny. Hopefully they will take a long time to find us!