James Bond drove me back to the airport the next day. First flight SAV->ORD---sat next to a kid and just read for the 2 hr flight.

Second flight ORD->Frankfurt, Germany—sat next to an Argentinan man. I watched Frozen and listened to music. The man next to me though started to try to caress my thigh (it took me a little while since he was trying to be sneaky). It freaked me out and made me really uncomfortable, so I pulled the blanket over my legs and moved my legs to the other side of the seat. I tried to ignore it. I think he was flirting and was really persistent. He had a few little airline bottles of wine and was feeling a bit frisky. He then asked if I liked girls because I kept moving away…so I talked about Alex. The man was nice and funny, but a little too handsy for me. I ate a vegetarian meal (rice, beans, salad, bread).

Third flight Frankfurt->Madrid: I had to go through customs in Germany which was super easy—just a walk through, show passport, and then done. The last flight I got to sit alone and really needed that from the previous flight. I slept most of the way. When I arrived in Madrid there were no customs, just went right to an ATM and got cash for a bus. I found the bus stop and took it to Plaza de Cibells where Emily Earean was waiting for me. She showed me the 3 blocks we had to walk to the hotel, telling me the history and what places we were passing/close to. What a beautiful country. The hotel was lovely (I booked all the hotels using europeandestinations.com—great discounts), beautiful lobby and room—very sustainable and modern. I dropped my stuff off in the room and then it was off to the Expo. To save my legs for the race tomorrow, we decided to taxi. Only about 15 minutes away, but when we got there, wow the line was extremely long. I felt walking to the end of it, there would be no end. However, the line moved really quickly, only stood in it for about 25 minutes. I got my Bib, bag, shirt, bought calf compression sleeves, walked around a bit, went to the pasta party---there was a long line for that too (took about 30 min to get pasta). But had a large bowl of pasta with bread, sauce, orange, chocolate milk, and coke zero. We sat in the Pavilion and Emily and I talked. There was entertainment while we ate---people dressed up like bride and groom, walking around on stilts, juggler, clown as well—very unusual but the local people just loved it and kids would follow dancing with them. We took the metro back to the hotel and I got a few postcards to send out. Emily and I sat in the lobby, put on our sleeves, and relaxed our legs. These sleeves made my legs feel amazing—I was having some Achilles issues and these sleeves made it all go away. We chatted until about 9 and then it was time for bed, I had a big day ahead of me.

I fell right asleep, but woke up at 12-12:30PM and was wide awake and ready to run. Had to get myself back on Madrid time and talk myself back to sleep so that I was full rested.