The Arrival

Well, now that I am safely here in the Lohrenzes' apartment and (semi-) recovered from jetlag, I can share the story of the trip!

I left Huntsville via airplane at 6:35 a.m. I am not sure how many days ago (what with the time changes and all.) I met up with the other 2 interns, Meredith & Khyrstyne, in Dallas TX, and then we flew to Washington DC, where we learned that our plane to Madrid had a 4-hour delay. But, we survived, and soon enough the 8-hour flight across the Atlantic began. It wasn't too bad, though, because I managed to sort of semi-sleep on the way, and guess what movie they had on the plane!!?? GUESS WHAT MOVIE??!!

I'll let you guess.

Anyway, when we got to the airport, we met up with the Lohrenzes, who drove us to their apartment in Baeza. (NOTE: I told everyone we were going to Ubeda, well we are, it's just that the church is in Ubeda, but they live in Baeza. The towns are very close, and we're planning to walk between them at some point to practice for the hike on the Camino del Santiago, coming up later.) We had a sort of late lunch, then the Lohrenzes took us out for a tour of the town. It is an AMAZING town. There are so many old buildings and cool little streets--I can't wait for a chance to take some pictures. Unfortunately, it started raining about halfway through, so we returned to the apartment wet, cold, jet-lagged, but, I'm sure I speak for all 3 of us, very happy to be here.

Oh, and it's COLD here. This surprised me. Apparently it's because a storm came down from the north, and when the storm is over it will be hot again.

So...yeah. After the tour I took the first shower I've been able to take in I'm not sure how many hours, then went to bed. And slept for like 16 hours. So now it is 1:20 in the afternoon here in Baeza.