Although my intentions were to stay longer in Spain, my
funds and desire to make it to South America left me only 5 days in Madrid.
During this time I met two amazing bilingual families, fell
in love with the flawless public transport, and saw enough art to last me a
decade. I stayed with a very welcoming family outside Madrid who I met on
www.couchsurfing.com and was shown the city by a perfect guide, an energetic
and fun history teacher from the oldest university in Madrid. The hospitality I
was shown by both families was inspiring and left me hoping that they would all
come to Jackson's so I can have some way of repaying them.
After my days
eating baguettes, meandering the city, soaking up Picasso, Dalí, Miró,
Velasquez, and
lisping my Spanish in order to try and fit in the majority of a week had
past and I was climbing onto my long flight to Santiago Chile. The plan was to buy a motorcycle and ride the 6 thousand miles home.
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