All in the Name of Adventure and Gluten Free Cookies

Midterms are officially over and the SUMC students have all participated in a collective sigh of relief. Now, to relax for the weekend before preparation for finals begins. Some went on trips to Lisbon or Paris, but not me. I decided the best activity, for me, would be to sleep-in and just chill for the weekend. But, as you know, i have an insatiable appetite for wandering that transcends any desire to relax and recuperate. So, Friday afternoon i took the Metro to Atocha, planning to walk around the museum district, but, instead, hopped onto a bus that i assumed was going to circuit around the city and leave me off at the Atocha Metro station. This way, i could wander the city without wearing myself out. But, as i am not blessed with the wisdom of being able to navigate the bus system of Madrid, i soon was lost, REALLY lost. But, even as the half hour journey turned to one and a half i stayed on the bus, believing it would go in a circuit and, in time, would drop me back at Atocha. Soon i was the only passenger left on the bus, in a neighborhood about an hour and half bus ride from Madrid proper. To make matters worse, the bus stopped and the driver turned around to tell me it was the end of the line. So, in a neighborhood far from the city, of which i had never been to before, and where there were no more Metros, i began to walk, and walk, and walk....until i found a bus that was heading towards the Madrid Opera House that would allow me to take the Metro home. So, today, i decided, that i would stay around the apartment and relax, but, yet again, i had to get out and do something. So, i went to Carrefour’s, only a few Metro stops away, and bought some Gluten Free Cookies and other munchies to get me through the week. But, there was this lively street with Tapas goers that i just had to walk down, and yes, you guessed it, i got lost...again. I found my way home after a few hours of taking wrong streets, and settled down to eat my munchies while video chatting with my Mother. It was quite the weekend, even with two mishaps in a row, but Madrid is a very interesting city so even when you are completely, honestly, lost, it´s almost like you´re still pleasantly, purposefully, wandering.