Strep Throat

So the day after we went to Toledo, my throat starting hurt, but I thought it was nothing.  But then it kept getting worse and I just felt weak and tired and not very good.  I looked in my throat and it was full of white spots everywhere!

And that wasn't even the worse it looked.  It definitely got worse and spread to the other side.

We went to the doctor and when Paul said that I had an infection, the doctor said, "Well, we'll see."

Then when I opened my mouth and he saw all the spots and the red puffy sides he literally said, "Woah!"

He then wrote our a prescription for strep throat.  When Paul asked about doing any tests to confirm, the doctor said he didn't need to confirm it with a test.  He was positive.

So I have now been on antibiotic for almost a week and feeling great.

Yay for medicine! : D

(And for a husband who can communicate with foreign doctors and nurses!)

In Glenn's Hands...

These are the pictures we get when Glenn gets the camera.

Pretty good, eh?

A Day Trip to Toledo

Paul had Monday March 18th off--we didn't know why at first, but we knew that we wanted to use that time for sight-seeing.  Well when we went to Church we realized that Paul got the day off because it was Día del Padre--or Father's Day.  The official day was on Tuesday the 19th, but each city decides when to celebrate it.  Madrid decided to celebrate it on Monday.  Here in Spain the 19th of March is also Saint Joseph's Day. Paul said that it was fitting because Joseph was Jesus' earthly father.

Anyway, we were happy to have a day off to go touring.  We found a tour company that does half and full day trips from Madrid to surrounding cities.  We looked at their tour for Toledo and thought it sounded like a good deal.  So we went downstairs to our front desk and were able to book it from there!  We got Zach--the other guy who came here from the Austin office--to come with us.  Glenn was excited to see Zach and wanted to spend most of the time being with him.

Museo del Ferrocarril--Railway Museum

Last Saturday--the 16th of March--we headed out to the Museo del Ferrocarril.

Walking Tour: Historic Madrid

This past week in Spain has been rainy and windy and kind of chilly.  But Saturday the 10th the weather was better.  The sun actually came out and there were times when it felt kind of warm.  So we ventured out for our first real walking tour of Madrid.  

We got a copy of lonely planet's Spain book from Uncle Kim and Aunt Shannon--thank you much!!  So we looked in that book and found this recommended walking tour.  We first took the metro to the historic part of Madrid.  Glenn was really excited to take the 'underground train'!  

The beginning of our tour started at the Plaza de la Puerta del Sol, which means Gate of the Sun.  

This is the official center point of Spain!  

Bienvenido a España!

Tuesday March 5th, we loaded up our suitcases into our friend Rebecca's car and off we went to the Austin airport.  We had a short flight to Dallas and then a couple hour layover there.  Things went so well with our flights and with the airports.  I was very happy about that--no extra waiting or anything.  Even going through security was a breeze! 

I only took one picture during all of that--and it was in the Dallas airport.  There was an interesting looking statue thing and Glenn was playing around in it.

Fire Station Tour

The week before we left for Madrid, I got an email about playgroup--they were going to take a tour of the fire station!  I was so excited about that--and even more excited when I saw that it was the day before we left!  Perfect!  Glenn and I would be able to go!!

So Glenn and I stopped our packing and headed to south Austin for the tour.

Guests of the Week

Our last week at the hotel we were nominated as the Guests of the Week!

We got a nice little basket full of goodies and some vouchers to buy some more at their little store at the front of the hotel.  As we were checking out, we grabbed a couple more snacks for the airplane trip.

Dust Bunnies

Last week Glenn and I found some cute books at the library.  They were written by Jan Thomas and we instantly became fans of hers.  (We have since read other books by her, and we really like them all.)

These books were about Dust Bunnies. 

Austin Science and Nature Museum

On February 25, Glenn and I went to the Austin Nature and Science Center.  We had been invited to join a group going through our new friends, Christine and Lily-who we met at story time at the library.