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El and I gave up on the other two and decided to do our own exploring of Madrid. As with any of our trips abroad there's always the challenge of getting over the language barrier and breaking the code for the city's transportation. Etiquette and customs are always interesting when you're trying to find something or get somewhere and the indigenous people look at you like you're crazy. We haven't cracked this nut yet, but it's early in the game. I did try my lame ass espanol at Cafe Europa at lunch and got the encouraging "Perfecto!" from our waiter who I guess took pity on my feeble linguistics abilities. It's not as hard as when we were in Japan, so we should get better at this.