So I just got done eating at my hostel while playing a game of rummy with five 20-somethings from all around Europe. 24 hours ago, the journey began. I left at about 4pm Houston time, and got on my British Airways flight to London. This flight was quick (about 700 mph quick) and we got to London at about 7am their time. Best service I ever had. They offered you something to drink once an hour and fed me a hot chicken meal complete with desert for dinner and then a nice breakfast in the morning. Then I waited a bit and hopped onto a flight to Madrid. I met a couple from the suburb of Kent on the outskirts of London on that flight. They were great. They travel to Spain all the time and so they told me all about it. Sevilla´s soccer team won the European title last night, so he said things should be pretty nuts tonight. I then got on my final flight to Sevilla. This is where the fun began. Nobody speaks Enlgish, so I it was an adventure using the bus system I´d never used to find my way to my Hostel. That is misleading because it sounds like I actually found it right away. Not the case. It took an hour of wandering around the city, talking to a priest, a professor and a construction crew to get me to where I´m typing this now. But I´m here ok, and the city is great!
That´s enough for now, it´s time to explore the city...
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if it hadn't been for all your dutch blitz playing with us...we don't think you would have survived your rummy adventure with the 20-something year old Europeans. love you! -Mom, Dad, Kate
What a thrill to see a post on your blog ALREADY! Loved your story about "finding" the hostel... such an adventure. So glad you are there and having such a great time.
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Dad
Nice. Yea, I'm a little terrified about finding my way to my place as well the first day I'm there. You're definitely going to learn so much Spanish this summer, Matt. That's awesome that you got to talk with some people on your flight; I always love doing that. Slight correction (well not correction but specifics) on the soccer information: Sevilla won what's called te UEFA cup. Best part is that they beat one of their rivals, Espanyol, to do it (another Spanish team, which is interesting that two made it to the final). There is another inter-European cup called the Champions League, and the finals are this weekend, I believe. The Champions League and UEFA are kinda analogous to the NCAA basketball tournament and the NIT (though the UEFA is a bit bigger deal). The way it usually goes is the top two or three in each major European League go to the Champions League and the fourth and fifth place teams go to the UEFA. However, that being said it's still VERY impressive to win the thing; it's structured like the World Cup (with some differences) and we all know how hard it is to advance in that thing. Anyways, so cool to hear you were a part of the celebrations; I jealous! That and PSG doesn't have a chance at winning anything in the near future. You're awesome! Keep us posted (no pun intended...or actually pun intended).
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