Summary of Madrid, Spain: Part 1

After getting back to Spain with Patty, I napped... or took a Siesta as they call it there, which I can definitely get use to saying haha. I took a siesta though so Patty could finish her project with her roommate, Claire.

The next few days were filled with photo adventures, going to school with Patty, drinking sangria at school (yes, at school!), cuddling time, siesta time and fiesta time!

On one of our photo adventures we roamed the streets of Madrid and passed by this relatively old looking building that appeared hidden behind all these trees and bushes that kind of reminded me of Willy Wonkas Chocolate factory. "No way!! this is where the Spanish Gods are!" Patty was telling me. I was lost and thought it was a museum until she elaborated more. "This is where the spanish speaking language is developed and updated. This is where they add and take away words from the Spanish Dictionary that gets updated every so many years. think of this as like Chase Jarvis house in the photography world!"

That's when it hit me like a new Nikon 70-200 2.8! this place means A LOT to Patty and I could see it glowing through her smile and the excitement that was running through her!

At that moment I really did see how passionate she is about her degree in Spanish Education and how I 100% know she's happy about her decision, which makes me super proud of her :')

  

Following the nice stumble upon, we made our way through the amazing Parque del Retiro! everything from the people, street performers and pond, to the fall colored trees that made the place look beautiful all around was simply stunning to walk through! 

Finishing the day at the park before heading off to Patty's class was awesome, but when in Madrid the nights are just as long as the days.... if not longer and kicking of the night with some sangria at school and a short siesta at our hotel was the way to go;)

The morning we left Paris

Sunday morning came for our departure back to Madrid, Spain and although it was definitely hard to leave such a beautiful place full of life and romance, we were definitely ready to continue our adventure for the rest of the week!

Before leaving for the airport we took a couple pictures for the parentals and Patty’s aunt near the Eiffel Tower because we thought it would just be a really cute memory for all of them.

After taking our last few photos in Paris, we headed down towards the train station that would have taken us to a shuttle bus station that would then drop us off at the airport. But before all that we ran into a relatively large set back…. The ticket machine that would let us through to the train was out of order, out of tickets or something. So right away I was thinking, “oh we’ll be fine, we’ll just buy one from the help desk” except to to find out that the help desk was closed and no one was there.

Slowly we began to check out the situation we were in and finally agreed to just opt for the….. the dreaded taxi since it was coming close to that last 1 hour and 30 minute point before our flight. So Patty being the more attractive one in our relationship obviously flagged a French taxi driver down in a matter of seconds…. Which I have no comment on

But we made it to the airport in less than 25 minutes and cost fewer than 30 Euros, which was pretty reasonable considering how close we were to the very touristy area and still paid off because we didn’t miss our flight, thank God!

Our flight was fast and smooth, lasted less than two hours, and what made the flight amazing was the view we had…. See the day was a cold overcast day, But after breaking the clouds Patty and I had a stunning view which made for a beautiful Departure from France!

Patty and I definitely loved this weekend and look forward to the LONGEST week ever until Friday!

Until next time Paris, we will miss you and your lovely pastries ;)!

the second day in Paris

On the second day of our lovely trip Patty and I went all over paris from the Eiffel Tower,  and Arc De Triumph, to chilling with the hottie Mona at the Musee De Louvre,  and Notre Dame. Simply a beautiful and magical day, but go ahead and see for yourself

After checking out Notre Dame we started to head back to our hotel before the night was over. On our way back I was telling Patty that since it was our last night here in the city of love, we would go all out by going up the Eiffel Tower at night to see all of the city on our anniversary weekend :) 

Making it back to our hotel with some new souvenirs I had gotten for Patty, we got ready and took off to the Eiffel Tower.

When we actually got to the Eiffel Tower, we made our way up to the top taking in the biggest most beautiful view of Paris with the help of being on top of the Eiffel Tower and that's when Patty told me:

"Hun, people dream of coming here in their life. I love you so much, thank you for all this"

We began to take pictures of each other all around the tower when finally I told her to turn around so that I could get her back looking over the city.....

Patty- "Did you take the picture?... "

Me-"turn around hun"

Patty-"what's wrong hun, why didn't you take it?"

Me- *glancing down at my two hands holding a light blue box*

Patty- "hunny, what is this!!"

I had gotten Patty a ring as her last surprise for and gave it to her in Paris, France. The ring represented us being complete, given that she had gotten us two rings 6 months into our relationship, but sadly a few years ago hers was stolen. So I decided to not necessarily 'replace' it but rather give her an upgrade that would make us complete again :) because "home truly is whenever I'm with you" 

Patty- "I am so happy baby! this truly is the most unforgettable anniversary ever, I love you so much."

                                     

Best part about the night?

The only reason I'll be going back to Tiffany's is to get the ring engraved, because it was a perfect fit :)

The trip to Paris

Getting home after 3:30am from clubbing at this 7 floor place called Kaptial isn't the best of ideas when you have a flight at 8:55am to Paris, France. Exhausted, Patty and I manage to crawl out of bed having packed majority of our stuff from last night, THANK GOD. Everything seemed fine,

Me- "Patty do you have everything you need??"
 Patty- "I think so..."
Me- "clothes, toothbrush, money check?"
Patty- "yes"
Me- "ok, well I think that's everything, just make sure you have your passport!"
Patty- "......fuck...."
Me- "Patty where is your passport??"
Patty- "I left it at my host family's house..."

Sooooo we flew out the door running down the 4 flights of stairs, on the train, transferring to a new train and speed walking like we're olympic athletes at 6am to get her passport

Patty- "baby, I'm really sorry I forgot something so important..."
Me- "hun, don't worry about it, want to know why? because it's out anniversary.... AND because we're going to Paris today :)"

After making it to the airport, zombie- like through the lack of sleep we still luckily had time to spare. Sleeping on the plane for only an hour and a half we literally woke up to viewing the eiffel tower in the background of Paris :) Following the flight and deciphering the french language we made it on a bus that took us to a train that would drop us off near the Eiffel Tower and after getting off the train we began walking up some stairs when Patty said

"it's still hard for me to believe we're in Paris"

when we began to walk up the stairs it dawned on me and I said

Me- "Hun, I think this is it.... we need to walk up the stairs slowly.... I think this might really be it"

Sure enough we came to the light with this as our first view

following that priceless view we officially knew we were in Paris

After that, we explored took lots of pictures went on a cute date in honor of our 5 year anniversary, sipped on a little wine, and ate some crepes around the beautiful view we had :)

Here's a few from last night

It's safe to say Patty and I had an amazing time last night on our anniversary :) 

Happy Saturday everyone!

1st and 2nd day in Madrid, Spain

After meeting patty's host family, who happens to be amazingly funny and nice despite the language barrier due to my depressing lack of spanish speaking skills, we went on a photo adventure after dropping my luggage off till my check in time after 2pm!!

From coffee and churros to walking through parks and checking out amazing views of the royal palace and beautiful neighborhoods, I got a glimpse of the lifestyle Spain goes through on a daily basis and lets just say it's pretty amazing :)

Later on during the day Patty and I checked into our Hostel (yes like the movie, and YES I'm still alive and ok haha) and it was pretty small but cozy for it being only us to for two nights in Madrid.... yes I said two nights.... BECAUSE

I spilled the news to her and our special trip to Paris the next morning <3 

Curious to know how I told her?

Recall the Disney Movie UP? well it is one of our favorite movies that we've seen together and I decided to get extra creative but finding Ellie's "Adventure Book" to give to her. After doing a little research I managed to find the book and it is pretty much Identical to the movie with the exception that I was able to get in contact with the creator of the book and change the title from "My Adventure Book" to "Our Adventure Book" :)

Once I got the book, I filled it up with a bunch of things that Patty and I had done over the 5 past years we've been together followed by the page from the movie "Stuff I'm gonna do" but instead I wrote "Stuff we're going to do"..... guess what was on the next page? take a wild guess ;)

I love you Patty and we'll be in the City of Love in less than 24hours :)