June 18

Tea at the Ritz and Bull Slaughtering
This morning we checked into a wonderful, clean 2-star hotel. It was so nice to move into a private room and bathroom. From there we trecked out to a church we had found online, as an english speaking "community church." Turned out it was the same church my friend Lacy had told me about and that it had a woman pastor. What a coincidence! After church with "Kathy and Kirk", we had a quick bite to eat and went to ´chill´ a while. Since Syd and I had been so good about budgetting this trip we splurged for tea at the Rtiz. It was wonderful and only 22 Euros. After tea we walked a few miles to the Plaza de las Ventas. On our way there we stopped in an AC hotel, as is our habit to stop in 5-star hotels, and on our way out we had paparazzi take our picture. It was my dream come true. So we asked why they were stationed there and they said Shakira was about to come out. So we were in the same hotel as Shakira.
The Plaza de las Ventras is where we watched the Bullfight. It was five rounds of predictable action resulting in a slaughtered Bull. Syd and I were hoping for a meet and greet with the matadors, but we had no such luck. Back at the hotel we are enjoying our privato chambres.