First we went to the offices of this engineering firm that was outside of Toledo and this guy showed us the plans for a road they were constructing. Then we drove to the site and checked out the construction and got to see all sorts of cool machines working and such. Honestly though, it looks like very other road construction project that I drive by and say "huh, they must be constructing a road here. thats nice..." I was really happy to see that Spanish construction sights are just like American ones wiht a lot of people standing around chillin. :)
And then some work getting done....maybe?
During this beautiful trip, we also did a lot of standing around and now i'm going to launch into a side story from today:
Someone tried to convince me i am 6'3" today. yeah. if you are reading this and you know me at all you would know this did not make me happy. so switch your eyes into annoyed emily voice mode.
Yeah so i am just chillin standing around the construction site and this guy is like "wow how tall are you" (rawr) and i'm like 6'.and he's like no dude i'm 6' (this dude is like 3 inches shorter than me...yeah okay) and i'm like "well okay...(mark this under who gives a)". And he was like "when was the last time you went to the doctor because i've been in the six months and i am definently 6'.."
DUDE NO YOU ARE NOT. I HAVE BEEN THIS HEIGHT FOR LIKE 4 YEARS. MY FAMILY IS FREAKING HUGE. STOP DELUDING YOURSELF AND ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE SHORT. ALL FIVE PEOPLE YOU ASKED AGREED WITH ME THAT YOU ARE NUTS FOR THINKING YOU ARE 6 FEET TALL. get.a.grip.
rant over :)
So we went to Madrid after the construction sight and it was a pretty cool city. There is just interesting architecture like everywhere in spain. Everywhere you look, things look cool and anchient and like from a different time and it's sort of like the city just grows around the buildings and they are the constant. I like it.
But for the most part Madrid was just like a big city, people were comparing it to New York. BUt my beautiful mother has trained me to be excellent at walking around and just being content looking at things. Which I was, everything is just interesting to look at! I think Madrid is like the shopping capital of Spain or at least I have dubbed it so; naturally this made me want to go shopping. So I went into a couple of cool stores and mostly what was freaking mind-blowing was the H&M. Now I know we have H&M's in the united states but not like this. This store was 4 stories. it was so beautiful I could have stayed there all 7 hours I was in Madrid. But I was with Brynnan and the guys so I was FORCED to stay for only like an hour which was a HUGE accomplishment for me. dear mom, stephen shops like doug; i had to say right of the bat "dude, you can't follow me around! it makes me really nervous and i can't handle it, find something to occupy yourself with for like 30 minutes please :) thanks and gig them". Brynnan shops like Kyndall. nuff said. So i was not in my shopping prime but it was still a lot of fun and I was really thankful to my group for being such troopers.
Then it started raining and so we had to chill in the store for a little longer hehehehe. but then we got tired of waiting so we just walked in the rain. therefore I had hot mess hair....yes it happens in spain too TAYLOR :) (ohhhh taylooooorrrr :) askuldbyahlijehtg sdf;gthsdlfb i love you)
and thats the top of the dress I got. Its so pretty and it goes all the way to my knees and yes i will wear a cardigan with it, but since i had limited time to admire myself in the store I had to try it on again when I got home to make sure it was as fabulous as i remembered. (hehehe every workd after the word "but" in the sentence before is dedicated to kyndall mandry)
So after I was dragged out of H&M we went and checked out where the Mayor worked:
People are super grumpy here about something....they were protesting in Toledo too...something about banks...blah blah blah; yeah i don't even follow american politics so spain, less of a chance. But if this goes down in the history books, I will donate my photos and become incredibly famous. or when they write a biography about my life and how I came to rule the world as kyndall mandry's incredible lovable second hand woman they will mention that I was here during this very important time. So way to go me for documenting this. boom!
SMALL WORLD STORY ALERT! So it started raining in Madrid pretty hard today so when we only had like an hour left in the city we just ducked into a starbucks close to the bus stop and decided to learn about each other slash drink delicious spanish coffee and mooch some free internet. Well since the beginning of the trip we had been joined by this really nice girl named Kelsi (I can't think of any kelsey i don't like--i'm looking at you mangum :) hehe)...so here's the conversation we had:
me: sooooo where you from?
her: san antonio
me: OMGSH no way, me too :) where did you go to high school?
her: McArthur
me: NO FREAKING WAY! WHAT?!?!?! I WENT TO MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL. woah...
don't worry it gets more wild, the conversation took a different turn and then:
me: so do you have any siblings...
her: yeah I have one brother who was class of '10....
me: oh no way! what's his name?
her: michaelme: omgsh what is your last name.....
her: LITMAN!!!
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me: OMGSH!!!!! I WAS IN A MUSICAL WITH YOUR BROTHER WHEN I WAS A SENIOR!! I SEE THAT KID LIKE ALL THE TIME HE GOES TO A&M.
yeah guys, this was a really serious crazy small world aggie connection. totally wild. there is a girl, from my high school on this trip with me, and i was in a musical with her brother. insane.
update: i just ripped my phone out of my bag in excitement because i thought maybe i was getting a call or a text or something. just someone wanting to contact me because they missed me so much....no. it was code maroon. can you say anticlimactic?
Anyway, after Madrid I was super tired and I decided to pick up a loaf of bread from the paneria for a little snack before I went to bed. So i have had this bread before, one of my friends got some at lunch (aka the middle of the day) and it was delicious and soft and fresh, so i felt pretty confident that this dinner/nighttime snack was going to be a success...
no, nighttime snack at 10pm=bread has been chillin all day=i basically ate a giant cruton for dinner. not my best work. mrack.rawr. hehehehehe
thats all from the day. it was a complete blast and I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow!
I would write another post but my roomie wants to sleep so hasta luego!
Love,
Emily
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