Long flight, too much luggage, and new friends

What a day, and it's not even over yet. The day started off with lunch from panera, which made a good last meal, and some tearfull goodbyes. Shortly after, I went to O'hare. My trip started out by the receptionist telling me I didn't have a seat yet. Awesome way to start my trip. So naturally, I panic. Then, going through security, I of course had to get my luggage searched. Again, awesome. So finally, I get to my gate and they assign me a seat, which made me feel better.

The flight went surprisingly fast. I sat next to an ecology professor from Ohio University. He liked to talk and smelled of alcohol. Greaaaaaaaaat combination. I arrived in Madrid this morning around 7:30 am (Spain time, which means it was 12:30am Chicago time). I met Kylie, a girl on the same program and who was on the same flight as me . We had quite a little adventure together. After getting our luggage and stopping for a quick drink, we headed out to find our group.

After realizing we were in terminal 4 not terminal one, we loaded a bus with our luggage. Between the two of us, we had 6 or 7 bags. We piled our luggage on the bus to save space, however with everyturn, a piece of luggage fell off. When we arrived at terminal 1, we found a luggage cart and loaded it up. Then we realized we had to go downstairs, not an easy task with all that luggage. So we decided to take the elevator, however, our cart, beacuse it was so full, would not fit into the elevator. We ended up throwing all our luggage, and me, in the elevator and Kylie met us downstairs since she couldn't fit. Quite the show...let me tell you. I think we made a good first impression.

Quickly after we found our group and met a bunch of people, loaded a bus and went to the hotel. This leaves me to where I am now.

The agenda for tonight:
*nap?
*dinner
*bus tour
*meeting
*SLEEP!

Adios amigos!