Spring Break! Part 3 - My Trip to MADRID

So, I accidentally got to see Madrid.
We left our hostel at 9:00 AM on Wednesday morning. We caught the airport bus to the airport and got on our plane to Mallorca. The plane was late and we were worried we would miss our layover, but they were boarding when we got there. Our flight was to Madrid, because it's much cheaper than flying into Sevilla. We landed at 4:20. Gia's parents were flying into Madrid to visit her, so we searched for them and met her dad. The rest of us had plans to take a 6 hour bus to Sevilla. There were buses leaving at 5, 6, and 7, so I figured if we missed the six, we could catch the seven. Well, it turns out that the bus station is on the other end of Madrid, so we had to take the metro for about 40 minutes. We got to the bus station at exactly six and were a little bummed that we would have to take the seven o'clock bus. While waiting in line to buy our bus tickets I overheard some unhappy customers in front of me. It turns out that all of the buses to Sevilla were full. Everyone was trying to travel to Sevilla for semana santa (or to return from their vacations since there's no school or work during semana santa.) The only bus we could buy tickets for departed at one AM! Since we had our luggage we couldn't do much, but we decided to go see a movie. We found a movie theater thanks to Bridget's blackberry and took the metro. We got to see an American movie with Spanish subtitles which was really fortunate. After that, we waited in the bus station for three more hours and bought some candy and sandwiches. I enjoyed my unexpected Madrid trip. The worst part was riding the bus from one to seven thirty in the morning. It's super hard to sleep. We got a cab from the Sevilla bus station and arrived home at 8:00.

So this Spring Break trip included
5 flights
6 buses / airport trains
3 cities
5 airports

The trip home included six different types of transportation and lasted for 23 hours. Also, it was the best Spring Break ever.