9-26 Leaving Madrid

Today Orquid an I are leaving Madrid behind bound on a bus for Algeciras. Madrid has been interesting, but it is a major city and has all of the noise and smells that go along with that. I love the diversity of the city, but I very much want to see how my city will be. I’m also curious to compare Madrid with the region of Andalucia. Hopefully I can understand the people better and maybe they will be more patient. Outside the window, the countryside is vaguely similar to California. We wind through arid rolling hills that in places are completely covered in orchids of olive trees. Don’t think that it is too picturesque; the sky is really hazy and I prefer natural landscapes to cultivated fields.