Los Richters: NO HABLAMOS! OYE!

Well, we have FINALLY made it to Madrid. A little run down, jet lagged and a little sick. At the bottom of the post we'll post some photographs, but for now we'll just do a little chronology of our story so far.
We drove to Washington DC late Friday evening arriving around 11pm. Got a bite to eat with Coleen (Amelia's Madre) and went to sleep. The next morning we checked out and took a shuttle to Dullas International Airport where we flew to Frankfurt Germany to speaka the douiche as they say in Germany. From Frankfurt we flew into Madrid 2 hours later.
On the way to Frankfurt we could've possibly had the nicest international airbus ever. It was basically new. We had two meals which were better than expected. At first we didn't have a seat next to eachother, but we switched. The only thing that wasn't so great was the people onb either side of us who hogged most of out elbowroom. To the point where the guy next to Nick was basically in his seat. Muy loco.
When we got to Madrid we didn't have a place to stay yet because the room wasn't available til Monday, so we found a hostel (which is like a hotel, but cheaper and with less efficencies.) We crashed for about two hours when we got to the hostel and then went for a walk to get some food. Then we went back to the hostel at 4:00pm and crashed until 9:00. When we woke up the Euro Cup was on TV. Italy vs Spain. Spain hasn't beaten Italy in 88 years in competition. However that night they did in overtime on penalty kicks. It was a really big deal here. People in the streets were going CRAZY. Shouting and chanting. I thought there might have been a riot about to happen, but all went well.
We left the hostel this morning and went to Saint Louis University where we were given the keys to our apartment, which is a short 15 minute walk away, so we had to take a taxi to take out luggage. Our apartment is nice, really nice. We share it with an older couple from San Antonio, Jim and Maria. Maria is in her fifth year in the program and graduates this summer. We also just found out that there is another person living with us, because we looked in the other room and there is clothes that niether couple owns. We think it's a girl, but it's a mystery thus far.
We have a lot of walking each day, so we need to stay hydrated. Good news is a 1.5 Litre water is only .36 euros. That's pretty cheap! Amelia said that our friend Stacey would love it here because there is so much walking. We miss our friends a great deal. Nick is very lonley especially, because he really has nobody to talk to and it is a little trying to function in a new city/country/culture while being sick and not knowing the language, but he is doing well. He hit his head off of a table at lunch today while picking up some ladies euros which spilled on the floor. Ouch. Anyways, on to the few pictures we have. More will follow.