A Final Gelato for the Road

Saturday February 26, Day 8

 We woke up early in order to ensure that we would make it down to breakfast in time to eat crepes – which was a very smart decision! A couple great crepes later we headed out to explore Portugal for a couple more hours. We mostly wandered around the city center that still seems maze like. We also went shopping (or in my case window shopping) as Portugal was relatively cheaper than other European Cities (although its still on the euro so its still expensive). Caroline found a really cute coat and Megan found really cool boots.

We had sandwiches and went back to our favorite gelato shop. Shortly after lunch we went back to our hostel picked up our bags and headed to the airport. On the way to the airport I basically had a panic attack (god bless Caroline and Megan for not killing me) we accidently got on the local bus to the airport not the express and I was paranoid that we were going to be on this bus for hours and subsequently not get to the airport in time.  We however made it to the airport and couple uneventful hours latter we were landing in Madrid. 

landing in Madrid Spain at sunset

 We met Annie at the train station and with relative ease (its nice being in a city where you generally know how to get around). We went back to the hostel where we had stayed earlier in the week and then went out for a final meal in Spain … and of course we chose TAPAS!!!!! After we finished an enjoyable meal where we reflected on our amazing trip.