A tired start: Day 1 in Madrid

Our flight left Sao Paulo at 3pm and got to Madrid at 6am local time (which is 1am Uruguay time). So since we were flying during our day we didn't sleep much and were exhausted by the time we arrived in the Madrid morning. All we wanted was a shower and a nap but we couldn't check in to our Airbnb until 3pm so we had to kill 8 hours! We wandered around Malasaña, a lively and hip neighborhood - but a total ghost town at 8am. We ate breakfast and tried to keep from falling asleep at the table. I ran over to El Corte Ingles department store and bought an umbrella stroller, which Emiliano is in love with.

We got into the apartment a little early (1:30 pm) and after showers and naps we went exploring a bit. The day ended about as rough as it started with both kids coughing all night and having a 3am snack - jet lag I guess.

Plaza de San Ildefonso. This was THE place to be later in the day but at this time of the morning it was all bums, beer cans, and dogs. The kids kicked the can some but we quickly moved on and luckily found some plazas with playgrounds.

Breakfast joint where the kids napped and we inhaled coffee so we wouldn't.

This last minute gift from the Titi before we left Montevideo has been a godsend.

Roaming Malasaña

Too cute!

If you don't know these two you are so not cool with the 4 year olds.

Ice cream break in Plaza Mayor.

Damn we look good.

Bocata de Calamares at Bar La Campana, this tiny dive right off Plaza Mayor. These were fantastic. Emi ate... olives.

A jet lagged duo breakfasts in the middle of the night.