The Net Dog Blog

Greetings from sunny Spain! After spending the last two day in damp, slightly nippy London, Madrid has been a pleasant change. It's currently 66 degrees here and I'm wearing shorts although I seem to be the only person in the city doing so. They are wearing long pants and jackets! I felt so out of place shopping at El Corte Inglés (a department store on par with Macy's or Dillards). Blake had forgotten to pack black socks to wear during his business functions here so he asked me to pick some up for him. Luckily the store was right around the corner. I searched the Información guide and saw Hombres which lead me to the second floor where I found the socks. After a few minutes of trying to pick out the right socks (I wanted a high cotton percentage and a large size since Blake has really big feet), a saleslady came over to assist me. She probably thought by the way I lingered around the area and by the way I was dressed I was going to steal something! Anyway, I panicked. I didn't understand a word she said. It sent me back to my trip to Greece when I got lost from my group and a man wanted to take me in his car to where they were. I thought he was trying to sell me into white slavery! Anyway, I calmed down and said to her "I'll take these." Fortunately she knew English and she asked me was I sure I wanted the large size. I assured her that person I was buying them for had really big feet and she proceeded to ring me up. One adventure down!
Then I decided I would try to venture a little further from the hotel for some lunch. I figured there had to be a McDonald's or something nearby. I know I'm in Spain and I should try some Spanish food but my spirit of adventure was starting to wane. The only thing I could find in a few blocks radius was a Subway. Now I love Subway but I didn't want to have to figure out how to tell the girl what toppings to put on my sandwich so I chickened out and came back to the room hungry.
Maybe there's a 6 Euro candy bar in the minibar.
P.S. I want to wish my good friend Jay a belated Happy Birthday. I hope it was a good one! Don't worry. I'm trying to find you a present in Spain!