I forgot to mention the most exciting thing about our trip! So, first a little background. Two days before we left for Madrid we were browsing late night TV and ended up watching one of those typical shows on the Discovery Channel or TLC or something called "Giants." It was about the world's tallest living people. Anyway, it was less than thrilling, as you can probably imagine, but often we are suckers for those kind of shows. You know, there's just something about watching a show about people who have 12 kids, or are 2 feet tall, or whatever. So anyway, we watched the show. Fast forward a few days to a souvenir shop. We looked up (literally) and there, standing in the next aisle of a crappy souvenir shop in Madrid, is the world's tallest woman! Well, to be completely honest, it turns out she was the world's 2nd tallest woman, but whatever. It was truly a thrill. No, we didn't talk to her or tell her we had seen her on tv the week before. I figure she gets a lot of that already, and maybe she just wanted to enjoy the crappy souvenir shop without people telling her how tall she was. She probably already knew. So, as much as I would have liked to have had my picture taken with Sandy Allen (that's her name), I decided I would have to do without. Here is a substitute picture of her from the web that is almost as good.
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