Our first speed bump that we ran into was packing for our Christmas Vacation. We needed to pack for climates that ranged from 70-25 degrees. This involved packing, taking everything out, and packing again. Not to mention our large amounts of electronic devices. Liz and I packed for 19 days and 2 climates using a duffel bag and a backpacking backpack, each of which that had to weigh less than 11 kg each, which by the end of our journey felt like 30 kg apiece. We made our final preparations (downloading music from itunes and getting new apps for our ipods) while we waited to embark on our journey. We set off for the journey at 8 pm Monday, December 20th, from the Bilbao bus station on our way to Madrid. It was one of the most agonizing 5 hours of my life. I have come to realize that I hate busses. They're not comfortable by any means. We got into the Madrid airport at around 2 am and found a nice place to sleep and tucked our valuables close to our bodies. By the time we woke the Ryanair portion of the airport had awoken and formed three massive lines. I will never understand why every Ryanair flight has to leave at the same time out of Madrid. There were 5 or 6 flights that left Madrid at 6:15 am that morning. Anyway, Liz and I jumped into the international flight line because under our reasoning, we were flying from Spain to Malta--international right? Right, but wrong. That's always the case with Ryanair. Even when you think your right, your wrong. We waited in line for 30 minutes only to be told that we had to go to the passport check line, a line have you that I didn't know existed. Finally we made it on the flight and were off. All in all, an exhausting start to our journey. Stay tuned...
Spanish
Grifo - faucet
(gree-fo)
Basque
Zorionak eta urte berri an - Merry Christmas and a happy new year
(sorri-o-nack ay'-ta ur-tay' beh-ri-ohn)
British English
Daft - dumb, unintelligent
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