Don't you just love when you think your day is going to be one way and then less than one hour later everything changes?? There is no sarcasm there!! I went into today with little to no expectations and only had a small lists of things I wanted to, one of which was to do a city tour in the morning. There was only four of us from the hostel for the tour so our tour guide cancelled it, gave us all maps, pointed out some places to go, and then left us.
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| Parque de Retiro |
All four of us are solo travelers so we picked out a few things and decided to do it together! I do visual management in Florida, Mona speaks five languages and is studying in Barcelona even though she is Lebanese/French, Alex is from and lives in the UK where he does fashion photography, and Rafael is an architect from Mexico who is about to do a three month work trip in Qatar. We are all very different individuals with very different backgrounds and paths but we all had in common the fact that we wanted to explore Madrid. Ten hours later I was still with these people, after miles of walking, eating lunch and dinner, and overall saw well over 15 sights.
A day like today reminds me that having a plan with little to no expectations, but also being willing to go with the flow can be unexpectedly rewarding. If I hadn't kept an open mind, and stuck to only the places on my list, I would have missed this day of getting to know these wonderful individuals and experiencing Spain with them.
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