Exchangers Gathering

So last week (1/21/09) all the exchange students in the Madrid area skipped school and went to Majadohonda to meet the mayor. I met in a Metro station with Shayna and Kayle and we took the bus together. We had to walk a little to get to the cafe we were all meeting in. It hasn't been very cold these last couple weeks, but it's been really, really windy. And the wind has been ice cold.

So we all met, then walked a little more to get to city hall. There were 7 of us, I think, and 3 or 4 Rotary people. We only talked with the mayor for about 5 - 10 minutes, and he was really cheesy. I didn't like him, but whatever. So after, the Rotary people just left, and us kids decided to go back to the cafe and have something to eat. Then after we took the bus back Madrid and went to one of the American Stores. I was really small and didn't have that good of a stock, but some kids got something. After that, it was only like, 1:30 and none of us wanted to go back home, but we could decide where we wanted to go. We ended up just walking, and walking, and walking. We made it to a really pretty park where there's an Egyptian monument, but it was closed. And after we walked to the Metro station and all went our separate ways.

It was a really nice excursion and it was fun to be able to skip school for the day. I didn't get any pictures, but we made a plan to go back to Majadahonda the next Wednesday after school.