Adventure #2: With the Familia

We left Valencia around 10am and got to Madrid around 3pm because we had to stop at a rest stop for 45 minutes. When we finally got to Madrid we immediately went to go put our bags down in the hotel room and then went to get gelato because it was really hot. After gelato, we walked to Madrid’s park called ‘El Retiro.’ It is beautiful. After walking around five of us sat in the grass and played cards for an hour. It was a lot of fun. Then we went back to the hotel because I had to meet my parents in the lobby of the hotel at eight. When I was finally able to meet up with my parents the program would not allow me to leave for 30 minutes because I had to write an evaluation. Honestly, although I had the time of my life on this study abroad, I do not think it had much to do with the program. For doing the program for ten years I was hoping that they would be a lot more organized. Also, the euro went down by ten cents since the beginning of the program and I was hoping to get some money back. But, I do not think that they are planning on giving back anything. After the evaluation I finished my night when I went with my parents and David to a good tapas restaurant.