Final Day in Madrid

Today was my first experience with a Spain rainstorm. We woke up in the morning and headed to the subway station in shorts and t-shirts... We got off the subway and started walking through the park when it started pouring rain. We hid underneath an awning on a building thinking it would be like Utah where the storms come quickly and leave quickly but it didn't. We ended up having to run to the next subway station in the rain and ended back up at our hostel to change into more apporpriate attire. The trip wasn't a total loss and we got to see a lot of cool buildings that we hadn't seen before. The wind made the Spanish flags fly on the top of the buildings so I got a lot of cool pictures. Once we changed clothes we headed back out into the rain and did some shopping on Fuencarral, the street where our hostel is. Spain has a lot of cool shops and all of the people here dress very fashionably... That must be why I look completely out of place when I walk down the street in my sneakers, t-shirt, and jeans. The shops were really cool and I wanted to buy some stuff but I decided I need to wait for Oviedo and other places we visit. We are headed to the local flee market tomorrow morning. Flee markets have been in existence in this part of Madrid for over 400 years. I'm hoping they will have some cool souveniers I can take back for my friends and family. After the flee market tomorrow we are headed to the bus station to take a five hour bus ride up to Oviedo where I will be spending the next month. Tomorrow I should have much more interesting things to talk about because that is when I will meet my host family. I'm not sure what to expect at this point but hopefully I will find wifi somewhere so I can update my blog. I would like to add some pictures at some point but my iPad is making it extremely difficult to do so. You can check out my facebook page for a few key pictures from the trip so far and I plan on adding a bunch more when I get back home in July. Hasta mañana amigos!