Its Christmas Time!

Wow, Christmas is practically upon us! I miss the Christmas spirit a little, it is not as prevalent here as in the United States. They don't even give out presents on the 25th. The day for gifts is the 6th of January, which is the All Kings Day. Crazy Spaniards! Hopefully I will be able to enjoy the Christmas joy that is waiting for me in Germany. Starting the 23rd I will be in Germany with Seara and her family. They will be renting a cabin in a resort and we are going to stay with them. It should be really beautiful and full of Christmas spirit. Before that I am meeting a few of my good High School friends in Amsterdam. One of my friends has flown over to Europe for month to do some traveling. He will be accompanied first by his girlfriend, Molly, in Italy, meet up with John, Eddie, who is changing continents, and Steve. Then they will meet Seara and I in Amsterdam. To finish off their trip they will be spending New Year's with me in Madrid. I am really excited to have them here and show them where I live.

On other news, last Friday, I went to the emergency room. Apparently I had an infected hair follicle. I thought it was nothing at first and naturally didn't do anything about it. It started growing and hurting a lot until finally I couldn't bare it anymore and I walked to the closest hospital. Now I am on medication and on my way to feeling better. They funny thing is, the same type of thing happened in Mexico when I was bitten my some insect or spider and the wound became infected. Thankfully this time it didn't swell up like my leg did. If you haven't seen my leg, check out the pictures from Mexico, there should be a side-by-side comparison of my left leg with my right, the infected one. What a trip!

I am really excited to hear that one of the Chavez's and the Christofides' will be joining me here in April. I certainly will have found plenty of great places to show you and all the best restaurants in town. I hope you guys are as excited as I am!

Well I don't want to make this long, because I will be writing more and posting pictures when I return from my trip. The pictures might be up right away, but I might not be able to sit down and right something until Brian and Molly leave. We will see. Talk to you guys soon and enjoy. Also, there are more Madrid photos, check them out.

Patton