Am I really a small town girl?

I never pictured myself coming from a small town ... but at the same time I knew I wasn't a city girl.  Well after being in this huge city I guess I come from a small town because this whole place is so overwhelming... in a good way of course.  I'm already not used to Spain, but I'm also not used to a city.  The metro just looks like connect-the-dots gone wrong but that connect-the-dots was my challenge today.

My boss was giving me instructions on where to go and how to take the metro back home... alone.  This may sound crazy to some but I've never been on even Marta alone.  Whenever I drive through the city... just driving through it it's overwhelming because I just want to look at everything but have to drive at the same time ... this does not mean that women can't drive.

Well the whole time he's explaining how to get home I just kept picturing my mom laughing saying "Ha! Alexis? She's directionally challenged... no way."  Well where do you think I get that from! But hey I did it!  After taking one train to the next, walking through the city a few blocks... I successfully made it.  It reminded me of when I learned how to drive and my Dad would explain to me how to get everywhere by streets and that women know things by places but it's better to know by streets... the next day my mom goes when you drive just look at the places around you.  Well I definitely remembered things by this sign and that monument today.

Well the reason I was on the metro in the first place was to have lunch with my boss and his wife along with another professor.  I learned another thing:

5.  Chorizo is amazing

If you haven't tried it it's like spicy sausage salami and it's amazing.  We walked through the area and saw the gorgeous Plaza del Sol which is kind of like our five points.  It's where the metro meets up in the middle but it is WAY prettier.  I also love the narrow streets in the city.  It's just so colorful!