Day 1

We froze during the night. I am not entirely sure if small amounts of bedding is normal for this country but the place we stayed was seriously lacking. We had sheets and two child size blankets, and if you have ever seen my husband he is definitely not child sized. I woke up promptly at 5 AM ready for the day begin. I assume because of jet lag but it doesn't make much sense considering 5 AM here is like noon back home, but after tossing and turning for about an hour and a half later and slept till 11 AM. Oops, but I blame it on Trevor, he was supposed to get up too... After getting ready and causing my blow-dryer to nearly explode (apparently the one appliance that surely cannot handle the voltage change is the humble blow-dryer) We went out walking around the area we are staying Charmatin, grabbed some toastadas (which here literally means toast with stuff on top, in our case pureed tomatoes), went to the grocery store for supplies and then went home at 2. Trevor took some tests, while I looked for apartments online. After that we went all the way out to outskirts of Madrid to Ikea for bedding and a blow-dryer - no more freezing for us, and came back home. I know it does not sound that exciting but we did learn some on our first day.
1. We should have worked harder on our Spanish. People hear barely speak any English if any. Good and bad for us. We really want to become fluent in Spanish, but our first couple of months just go that much harder.
2. Everything at Ikea is fantastically cheaper here. Unfortunately the food is about the same as the US though, except for the orange juice, it all seems to be freshly squeezed here. I love it.
3.The rush hour on the Metro is not 5:30 PM it is in fact 9:30 PM, or it is at least on a Friday.
4. They are much more serious about hair-dryer warranties. This transaction was by far the hardest, because we had no clue what she was trying to tell us at first.