What's up y'all thanks for joining the travel tales and talk podcast with Derek and Makayla.
I'm Derek.
I'm Makayla.
Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
How y'all doing?
This is episode two.
The Corbada.
Corbada.
Corba.
So we're leaving Madrid at what time we wake up?
445.
She's kicking everybody out of the bed.
It's time to get up.
We're about to catch our high speed train.
Can't wait to do that.
And then we're going to rent a car as well.
We talked about that at the end of episode one.
Let's get to it.
So we booked a train ride from Madrid to Córdoba via Iro.
I R Y O.
Not sure if I'm saying that correctly.
Iro.
And on there it was a really nice train.
Smelled good, looked good, real clean.
The food was delicious.
So I thought the seats were awesome too.
Yeah they were very very comfortable.
They were real leather seats too.
They were.
They had full, I call them wall plugs.
Yes.
Full plugs.
European style.
Yes.
European style.
And they were, it was plenty of leg room.
I rode Amtrak before and it's kind of congested.
I had plenty of leg room.
And yes, and the seats are rather tall.
So I needed to use my foot rest.
I am five seven and my feet were barely touching the floor.
Which is a, I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing.
But it was a rather easy drive.
It was a, not an hour, hour and a half, well ride.
Well let's do this here.
I didn't know how much we paid for these tickets.
So would you tell the people how much these tickets cost us?
Because we ordered the meal.
We had the meal plan.
I want to say our tickets were about 45 euros a piece per person.
Really?
45 euros?
Didn't know that to right now.
Yes.
But the prices vary based off of the time that you travel.
We were traveling on the first route, which was at 6am.
6.50am.
6.50, okay, 6.50am.
And so it was the cheapest of the day.
So those prices went up from there.
And because we got the meal plan, that was the most expensive plan of that trip.
So let me ask you something.
Did they have like, because I didn't book this, I was involved in this portion of the
trip.
I'll just pay for it.
But anyway, just kidding, just kidding.
Did they have like basic, a basic economy, a premium or first class?
No, everything was the same.
All the seats are equal, except for the one that had the table in the middle.
It was literally if you wanted food, your level of food.
So you could have paid to have a snack.
And you could have paid to have a full meal.
Being that we were traveling so early, we didn't have enough time to stop and have breakfast.
I did the full meal.
Okay.
Didn't know that.
Good to know.
I thought for me, it was early I was tired, but the scenery going through the, is the
back country of Spain, getting to see the different terrains, getting to go through
downtown Madrid on a train, getting to see all the, we didn't talk about this in the
last episode.
I'm sorry, but I don't mean the graffiti.
You know how we, you don't like graffiti.
I don't like graffiti.
Downtown, they had the graffiti on the interstate and how you didn't like it.
But I liked it.
So when you leave on the train, you get to see some of the graffiti, some of the artwork.
I find that very interesting.
I like that.
Along with the countryside, you get to see these old, abandoned towns or you get to see
just the terrain of Spain, how it's different and the sections are different from South
Spain, North Spain, so Spain, how it's different.
You don't get to see that on a plane.
No.
Um, I know from one, I'd noticed that when you're driving or riding or driving down through
the South of Spain and the Andalucía region, you see a lot of these Pueblo's Blancos, all
these white towns where all of the houses or buildings in this town is white.
And there are quite a few of those.
So it was nice to be on the train and riding and in kind of seeing that on the way.
It's very beautiful.
Very beautiful.
So our train ride led us to the Hertz car rental place.
So when we arrived in Corbina.
Yes.
So when we arrived in Corbina, the train station, like the Hertz was located in the train station.
So I had rented.
Everything was located in the train station.
Yes.
It's much like an airport.
Yeah.
Very, very convenient.
Restaurants, I saw a clothing store.
You could buy a suit.
You could buy anything in that train station.
You could.
It was very nice.
And so I decided that we were going to experience driving in Spain.
So one good thing about Spain is that they drive on the right side like we do in the
States.
So I was like, hey, we can handle this.
We got this.
So we go up in Hertz.
You know, I had reserved our car online.
I'm feeling all, you know, good about myself because I got my international driver's license,
you know, and, wow, the lady gives me all the paperwork.
Okay, sign here on this dotted line.
We get this car.
She walks us out, you know, with our keys and she's like, okay, there you go.
There's your car.
All right.
Yes, we got this.
And I'm like, no, Derek, I'm driving.
Got in this thing.
It's a stick shift.
I'm going to talk a minute about that in a second.
But I couldn't figure out how to turn on the car.
I didn't know where the on button was.
The on button.
And I'm trying to, I was like, okay, I had a stick shift for a long time.
I know how to, you got to push on this, the brake, the pep.
No, the car would not turn on.
So Derek had to get into the car and turn it on for me.
So you know, not a big deal.
You know, I was like, you have to put the clutch down.
You have to put the clutch down.
I didn't do that.
So you know, I'm like, well, you know, I got this, you know, I've driven a stick before
because one thing that you got to realize in Spain is that they are very conscious of
the environment.
So you're either going to get a manual or you're going to get an electric car.
Hybrid.
Well, yeah, a hybrid.
You're going to get a hybrid.
So Hertz only offered one hybrid and it was like an SUV and it was like 460 some euros
a day.
Yes.
So, so yeah, we weren't doing that.
But one other thing about the rental car, you have all these stipulations.
We had, you had to have a card to get out of the rental car place.
And when you returned it, you had to give it back to them or something.
Yeah, you had to turn that car in that card into your car rental place where you checked
it out of to make sure, you know, check some balances, make sure you didn't steal a vehicle.
That's different in the States.
Yes, it was.
One thing that they offered that hindsight 2020, I think we probably should have got
that GPS that they offered.
Yes, we should have got that GPS.
We should have got their GPS.
Yes.
Because our phone worked pretty good.
Mm-hmm.
But sometimes it didn't.
Yes, it's nice to have that extra backup because sometimes Apple Maps.
Google Maps, Apple Maps.
They were not, they were leading us astray.
Yes, they did.
But what I learned right away was that driving in Cordova City was a frightening affair.
It was very frightening.
Even though the people tend to follow traffic laws fairly well, if you've ever driven in
South America or Mexico, you know what I'm talking about.
Well, South Memphis.
South Memphis traffic laws are just suggestions.
Suggestions.
So, but they, but it's just, it's so many and the, the signs are different.
I recognize stop.
Yes, stop and yield.
I recognize that one.
But the other ones, it's like, oh my goodness.
So we would suggest you read up on international or European signage.
Yes, you definitely need to do your research before you.
Oh, you're in for a rude awakening.
Yes.
So what, what we decided to do was I decided to pull over and well, well, first of all,
we were rushing because I had a nine, eight, what kind?
I think nine.
Nine, 15, nine, 30 appointments.
Yes.
We had entry to one of the sites there and you had to be there right at that time.
And we were cutting it close with that train ride and that car rental.
So we didn't have a lot of wiggle room to make it to our destination on time.
So I decided to let Derek drive the car.
Well, I couldn't just pull over on the side, you know, or in a big parking lot.
Oh no, no, no, I had to pull into a one way neighborhood.
Neighborhood.
And so that's when we realized we did not know how to put the car in reverse.
So much so that we swore up and down that the car was broken.
You cut it down.
We needed to turn it back in.
Derek is like, you need the car hurts right now.
And I'm like, yo, I got to know.
I got an appointment.
You need to figure this out.
This going down the wrong way.
We, so we ended up driving down the wrong way.
We had to do whatever we had to do.
And the car and a car was coming.
And a car was coming.
I was like, these folks already know.
Yes.
They're American.
So make a long story short.
We were in this broken car does not go in reverse, but Derek is a broken brand new car.
Oh, it was brand new to have hardly any miles on it.
So Derek gets me to the mosque cathedral because that was our location.
The mosque cathedral, which is this beautiful mosque slash cathedral around since what 700.
Yes.
It was built in 784.
Like the original structure was built from 784 to 786 likes.
Just let that sink seep in.
Not even 19, this is before 1492, any of that.
Three digits.
Yes.
Three digit year.
And it was extended in the ninth and the 10th century.
So this was the name of this mosque again.
The mosque cathedral.
Mosque.
It is a mosque with a cathedral right in the middle of it.
So we'll talk more about it in just a second.
The thing is, you know, I'm feeling all great because my man don't drop me off at my location.
I get there with minutes to spare.
I'm snapping pictures of London Rose.
Like, you look cute up here.
Get on these steps.
Y'all, I get over here to the line and show the ticket, which by the way, you have to
buy your tickets in advance online.
And I hold out my little paper like, yeah, man, we got our tickets.
Let me in.
Right.
And the man was like, no, sorry, you have the tickets for the audio tour.
I'm like, audio tour.
No, I didn't want an audio tour, but not just the audio tour.
Y'all, my ticket was just for the audio device.
It wasn't tickets to enter.
It was just to get the device to listen.
So we were going to have to sit on the steps and listen to this.
Basically.
So he was like, you need to go over there and get your ticket.
So I walk over there, quote unquote, over there and I'm standing in this line.
I got my passport and they're like, no, you can't buy tickets here, but this ticket is
a ticket for the audio device.
And this man is shoving these audio devices in my hand.
And he was like, this ticket also allows you interest to some other site.
So I still do not have tickets to the mosque cathedral.
Now, mind you, the trip to Cordoba was specifically to go to the mosque cathedral.
This whole day in our tour was carved out to visit this historical world UNESCO site
that I had no tickets to enter.
So me by this time, Derek has parked our car.
No, no, no, no.
He has a story to tell.
We're going to get there.
We're going to get back up while you were while you were fighting over these devices.
I'm getting harassed by the police, but I'll let you finish.
Oh, yes.
We're going to come back to that.
So Derek walks up and I got my devices for my neck and I have my tickets in the guy.
I guess he was just like, you know what?
I feel bad for you.
He just let us in.
The guy was like, come on.
Yeah, he's like, I'm sick of dealing with you.
Come on.
So we get in the mosque cathedral.
I said, you're going to make these fake tickets work.
Basically, yes.
And I'm telling you guys, this building made me gasp.
It took my breath when I entered.
It was so beautiful.
And you know, just a little bit about the building.
Once again, it just amazes me that they could build something like this without today's
technology.
Without today's technology.
So this the Moors, you know, Africans built the mosque as a Muslim stronghold in Cordoba
back in 784 AD.
But then when the Christians came in, Spanish Kings, Spanish inquisition, they came in and
literally kicked all the Moors out.
They took over the mosque and built this elaborate, beautiful cathedral right in the middle of
this mosque.
So you walk in and you see all the, you know, Moors, designs and structures.
And then it's like, you look to the right and bam, you in this cathedral.
You got a cross.
Jesus hanging from it, you know, and it's like, there are two totally separate structures
in this one space.
And if you think about it, it's kind of messed up how they did that.
How they just took these people's holy place and just built their own church right in the
inside of it.
You know, it's really disrespectful, but it's.
But the fortunate thing is that they didn't tear it down.
They did not tear it down.
No.
In most cases, they destroyed anything the Moors built and replaced it.
Like this one.
Because what people don't realize is that the Royal Palace in Madrid was, there was a Moorish,
I think it was a cathedral there and they tore down and then built the Royal Palace
right on top of it.
So but back to Derek.
So while I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to do with my bogus tickets, Derek
on the other hand is in this car, this broken car.
No reverse.
And tell them what happened.
So after I drop off my boot thing, I don't know where I'm going because I don't have
GPS, but I figured I just make the block.
Just burn the block.
It'll take me back to where I was.
However, as I make this right hand turn, there is this flashing light.
And I know what it means.
It means do not enter, but there are cars in front of me.
My thing is these guys go, I'm going to win in Spain, do as the Spanish, right?
So I put that thing in second gear and I hit it.
La policía thought otherwise didn't pull anyone else over.
I'm like, why are you pulling me over?
And he rose down his window and he says, when is this nice and calm?
Then every word after that, he was angry.
He was, I don't know what he was saying, but he was upset.
And I understood one thing that I was going the wrong way.
And I said, lo siento, I'm sorry.
I'll turn around.
He said, no, no, keep going.
Don't do it again.
It's like, if you knew English, why you didn't yell at me English?
So I was like, oh my God, I'm going to jail.
I'm going down the wrong way in another country.
So the crazy part about that is never been in this place before.
I found my way back.
I just knew I was going to get lost.
I just figured I was going to end up in Barcelona somehow because I had no GPS, no map.
I just remembered from the first time we went through how to get back to where we were going.
We had driven right past the parking lot because the parking lot looks like the cathedral.
It looks like the mosque.
I'm like, it can't be a parking lot.
It was a parking lot.
I love the way that they designed that.
So I get back to the parking lot.
We don't have reverse, of course, at this point in this car that was built in 2024.
And I have to find a parking space within this garage where I can just pull through because
we don't have reverse.
We don't have reverse.
So I had to get to the top floor to find a space to put this car in so we can just pull
through because we can't go in reverse.
So that was a whole adventure.
I finally get the car parked.
I finally walk back and find Makala.
She's a little upset because she has fake tickets.
She got bogus tickets.
So things start to work out and we finally get in the guy that's us in.
And like she said, this building is fantastic.
It's amazing that it is still standing after all this time.
I'm amazed every time I see one of those old buildings.
It's been here since the 700s to 600s and they're still standing.
And some of those buildings, they convert it to restaurants, shops, parking lots.
Hotels.
And the main structure is still intact.
It's mind blowing.
So what Derek didn't tell you, the reason why the police did not pull over the other
cars, it was not a racial thing.
Don't want you to think that.
It was because the other cars were taxis or Ubers.
I should have told them I was Uber.
And there was a sign that says that, but it was in Spanish.
But the roads around the cathedral is like the whole square block, like, you know, all
the way around it.
The road is only open certain hours a day for normal cars.
Or more traffic.
And outside of that is only emergencies, tri-chairs, traffic.
Yeah, and emergency vehicles.
So Derek was in those hours where it was only ride chairs.
So another thing is that we were not supposed to stay overnight in Court of the Run.
That wasn't the plan.
So I left that part of our trip.
Yeah, I had a feeling I may want it to stay.
I wasn't sure.
So I didn't book a room.
We had nowhere to stay.
We're sitting here, you know, walking through this cathedral, taking videos and pictures.
And we come out like, huh.
Wow, that was nice.
So what's next?
What's next?
I thought we were going to sleep in the rental car.
That was like, uh, no say.
I don't know.
And then we just so happened to say, you know what, let's stay for the evening.
And let's walk around and see.
There's other things.
Find a hotel.
And we literally walked around and found a hotel to stay in.
So we went into this one and it was so beautiful.
And we were like, oh, let's stay here.
Oh, sorry, we're full.
We're full.
Yeah.
For some reason, I didn't, I don't know what I was thinking.
I didn't think they'd be full either because it was a Monday, right?
Yeah.
It was Monday.
Nothing happening.
Nothing special, no festivals, nothing.
They were full.
And they was like, you know what, check our partners that are on the other street over,
which is literally the other side of the cathedral.
So we did that and lo and behold, they had availability.
And so that hotel was the Eurostar Conquistador Hotel.
And it was beautiful.
It was so beautiful that ruins from the cathedral were located underneath the hotel.
And they just built a glass floor so that you could still see the ruins.
As you're walking to the elevators to get to your room.
And we were fortunate enough to get a balcony that faced the cathedral.
So the cathedral was our next door neighbor.
You can look right at the window.
Yeah, we looked right at the window.
And access to the cathedral.
Sure did.
Beautiful.
And our rooms were not that expensive.
I think we paid $180 something a night.
Yeah, then they'd throw the taxes on there and all that.
It was worth it.
It was well worth it.
Yes.
It's an experience.
It was an experience.
Nice hotel.
It was a nice hotel.
And a lot of things, these older hotels will come with a bidet.
And I had London Rose, so you know, we had to turn it into a school moment.
So I'm on YouTube looking up videos on how to use a bidet and show her so she can.
So here's what I need to use.
I'm not using a bidet.
I'm not using a bidet for.
I tell anybody.
And if you can use one, use one.
They are also.
Okay, whatever.
But get back to this hotel.
This hotel is an old structure as well that they renovated.
And it still had the characteristic of the original building.
It didn't like demolish it and then rebuild it in its image.
It was the original building retrofitted to 2024 standards.
No.
Did they have a pool?
They did not have a pool.
But what they had was a patio.
And the patio is basically a courtyard.
And it's a beautiful courtyard.
In fact, quarter of the blood is known for their patios.
Yeah.
And that's where the restaurant was the bar.
And every year, I think it's the first two weeks in May, people like private citizens
were open up their homes and have their patios on display for the public to come through
their homes and visit their patios.
Is it like a contest?
Like a contest?
Yes.
Amongst the citizens.
Yes.
Yeah.
And so you could do that.
And the hotel that we stayed in participates in that.
I think they may have had the best one.
It was beautiful.
For me.
Unfortunately, we left like a week before the patio tour started.
But there were people preparing for it then.
Even what I saw was spectacular.
They take Brian and those things.
They do.
So one good thing about Cordova was that they have this Roman bridge and it's just a bridge
over their little river.
I forgot the name of the river.
Sorry guys.
But I insisted that we get up to watch the sunrise over the Roman bridge.
Then we do like a sunset thing too.
We did a sunset thing.
So Derek, when it was time to wake up for sunrise, I did sunset.
It's the same thing.
So he didn't get up.
So me by myself.
You didn't wake me up.
I did.
To be fair.
You said, Derek, I couldn't hear that.
I'm dead.
Guess what?
We just gonna agree to disagree.
And I made it to sunrise view of the cathedral.
I actually watched, looked at the cathedral.
The sun rose over the cathedral from the bridge.
And it was breathtaking.
And I wasn't the only one out there.
There was like two other photographers out there just snapping away.
That's why I knew I was doing the right thing.
I said, I knew I wasn't crazy.
Cause if they out here, it's a good idea.
Here's the thing we need to back up.
Before we did the sunset, we had dinner.
We did.
We went to dinner at the Bodega's Mesquita Céspedes.
They supposedly have the best tapas.
And you have to have a reservation.
You have to make a reservation or you're not getting in.
Yes.
Now granted, we made our reservations two hours prior.
Right.
We got lucky.
But we did have a reservation.
Now I'm going to let y'all know that tipping Spain is not a tipping country.
Like tipping is not a thing there.
But waiters and waitresses are salary.
Yes.
But they are starting to get on the tipping trend.
To get on that tipping trend.
So just be aware that they're not typically a tipping culture.
And some people find it offensive.
Yes.
It finds it offensive.
But the in Bodega's Mesquita Céspedes, they had it right there on their receipt.
Do we deserve a tip?
Question marks?
Yep.
Smiley face.
Yes.
Smiley face.
Sad face.
Okay.
Medium face.
Maybe not.
No.
Maybe not.
It had a sad face.
I'm looking like, what is this?
Yeah.
So we have a friend in Spain and we told her about it.
She was like, Micaela, that's not a thing.
Yeah, we don't tip.
We don't tip.
They got over.
They just, you just gave your money away.
I really don't care.
And you know what?
We are, I like to think that we are very generous tippers.
So our waitress, I mean waiter got over it.
I just feel like we should tip anyway.
Yeah.
I mean, you're going to get my food, you're bringing it back.
And actually the young man made great suggestions on what we should eat.
And I feel like I should tip him for that.
But that's not their culture.
So he got his regular salary plus this.
Plus, well, 15, I think I gave him 15.
No, if it's any time dealing with me, I'm always 20, 25%.
No, I gave him 15 euros, which is way more than his 20%.
Oh, okay.
Because his suggestion on this angrier, but not more than a suggestion.
I think they have the best in Spain, you agree?
Disagree?
It was good.
I'm just there for the Chordiso.
That's it.
So who do you think had the best sangria?
I still like the one in Portugal.
Portugal has the best sangria.
I'm sorry.
It was, it's two or three.
I think this one is number one.
Just my opinion.
It's close.
Agree to disagree.
We can do that.
And we finished up the morning.
So you know, the next morning, I saw the sunrise, we decided to walk around the Jewish neighborhood
and they have a synagogue there.
Yes, I remember that.
Didn't we have to get tickets for that?
It was free.
It was gratis.
But it was full.
We had to be there early.
Yes, because it's a hot tourist spot.
We were in there with tourists.
It looked like we're not tourists, right?
That we are.
And the streets are really narrow.
They're cobblestones.
There's horses riding up and down them.
It is beautiful.
Flowers everywhere.
Like we went in spring, so flowers everywhere.
We got the hanging legs with the hoofs.
Oh yeah.
The beef legs.
And there's artisans on the streets selling their art.
And I like to, wherever I go, at least bring back one piece of art.
That guy was good.
Yeah, there was a guy.
We bought a couple of pieces from him and then we were back in the car.
But you know, back to this rental car.
So like I said, the road that we were on was shut down certain times of the day.
So Derek and I didn't want to wait to bring our luggage to the hotel during the time where
we could just drove our cars up.
And we decided to pull our luggage like a half a mile away on these cobblestone roads.
Terrible.
Terrible idea.
Derek was like, just get out what you need.
I was like, I'm not leaving my luggage in this car.
But when we get to the car, because we thought originally that we would leave and go somewhere
and get something to eat.
And there's, you know, we decided against it.
But by that time, Derek had pulled his car out of the parking space.
So I'm sitting here.
We're trying to put the car back in the parking space.
I'm in the dress.
I was trying to figure out reverse.
Right.
He tried to figure out reverse.
I'm in my dress.
He's behind the steering wheel.
I'm pushing the car back into place with my dress and sandals.
And there's this couple next to us.
The wife, she was out directing her husband into the parking space.
Trying to get into these tiny parking spaces.
Yes, because the parking space are really tiny.
Very tiny.
Everything, when it comes to cars over there, everything's going to be small.
So we joke about this.
We couldn't take the Armada.
Oh, yeah.
If we had the Armada transported to Spain, they would just push it off the plane.
Yes.
I was like, you're not bringing this car to our country.
Where are you going to drive it?
Our Armada would not work at all.
It wouldn't fit anywhere.
We didn't see a single car as big as the Armada.
But let me back to this family.
We found out that they were French.
They did not speak English.
They did not speak Spanish.
French.
They knew five words of English.
They knew a couple of words.
And what we were able to get was...
They knew the words we needed to know.
Manual.
Car.
Push.
Car.
Back.
Reverse.
So the woman tried to relay it to Mr. Tour Husband.
And he's like, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee.
He gets out and then somehow he got Derek to let him get in the car.
I said, I spoke English.
Show me how to put this car in reverse.
Can't go back.
Show me how to make it go back.
He said, wee.
He gets in the car, sits down.
He said, oh.
Push.
He's talking about the stick ship.
The stick ship.
So with the reverse in Europe, we know in America, in this country, in the States, reverse
is usually at the bottom on the right-hand side, correct?
Yes.
All right.
So in Europe, at least in Spain, at least the car we rented, reverse is where the one
is, except you push down first, then you push it forward, then the car goes in reverse.
So freaking confusing.
It was confusing for us because we drove a Firebird for years and it was literally moved
to the right.
Pull it down.
There is no pushing or any of that.
No pushing.
And my company cars at Pepsi put it in reverse, which is in the back, just like I thought
it was across the world, but it's not the case.
So that was great news.
Our rental car was not broken.
We fixed it.
The Frenchman fixed it.
We had a Shadry mechanic fix our reverse on the spot.
So that was it.
And so we decided, oh, now we're in this car.
It goes in reverse.
We're ready for our next adventure.
We were headed to Ronda, but before we get to Ronda, lo and behold, we got Derek and
London Rose got to eat.
Yep.
Got to eat.
And her favorite restaurant, McDonald's.
McDonald's.
How you want to get McDonald's in Spain?
I don't know, but Derek agreed to the shenanigans.
And while we're on our way to the nearest McDonald's, this man is going to be the best
man is driving down the wrong street.
No, no, no, no.
We're in the city.
We're in the, at this point, we are in the busy city.
Like the real down, like wouldn't it get like six lanes across?
This man is going in the wrong way.
Well, not the wrong way.
He ended up driving in the bus lane, the bus and taxi lane.
But the bus and taxi lane is only one lane.
So the other five lanes are cars headed in our direction.
Yep.
And all I could do was like, thank, we're going to jail.
We're going to jail.
This man going to get us in jail.
We're going to jail.
London Rose will have to take a cup and then hit it across the bars and sing, sweet love.
We're going to get our international driver's license revoked.
Yes.
Thank goodness.
Nobody was coming.
Because there was a motorcycle in front of us.
So he was going, doing the wrong thing too.
No.
See, they had the bus and taxi lane.
Then they had the motorcycle lane.
So the motorcycle lane was far right.
Then I was in the taxi bus lane.
We shouldn't have been going that direction.
So he was in the right.
And then he was getting ready.
Derek was getting ready to bus or right.
Oh, GPS is turned right here.
He about to turn like, baby, this the wrong way.
You can't turn that.
So he had, he was about to have us going the wrong way, the traffic.
So we were going to be headed head on to the traffic.
This is why before you go, if you're going to rent a car, get up on those signs.
Because they're different than they are here in the States.
We don't have dedicated bus and taxi lanes.
We don't have that here.
They do in Atlanta.
Where?
I live in Atlanta with you.
Atlanta station.
Okay.
One block.
This is an entire city with dedicated bus and taxi lanes.
You can't even turn that way.
I broke the law like 12 times today.
A mission of guilt?
Yes, I did.
I broke, hey, I'm going to say when they take me to court, they would have took me to court.
You're on.
I'm a silly American.
I'm a stupid American.
They would let me go.
Oh my gosh.
But get up, get you a, I guess you can Google it now.
Google European signs or whatever country you're going to, if you're going to drive
a car because their signs are totally different than ours.
Stop is still the same.
Green means go.
Outside of that, you got to study.
Okay.
Well, let's talk about McDonald's.
McDonald's was, was good.
I gave them grief or nothing.
It was actually delicious.
It's different menu.
And they had different food on there.
Different sauces.
Different food, different sauces.
Their mystery sauce was a true mystery.
It was a mystery.
I have no idea what it was, but it was delicious.
It was very delicious.
It was good.
So McDonald's got our money quite a few times in Spain.
Burger King got our money once.
The Burger King menu is different as well.
So they have like a double, a double chicken sandwich or something.
It was good.
I didn't have that.
The whole London Rose had it.
I think I had like the cheese nacho fries or something, which was strange for my Burger
King.
And they had, their ice cream was very good.
It was different than what you would get here in the States.
It wasn't true just like of another cone.
It was something totally different.
Yeah.
And which brings us back to the food in general.
Remember how we talked about Spain is very, very good about health and nationality.
Nature and being eco-friendly.
And that holds true to their food.
So they use more healthy ingredients.
Not only do they use different ingredients, there are certain preservatives and chemicals
that we put in our food in the States.
It's illegal in certain European countries, so they don't have to worry about that.
So if you think about it, fertilizers that we put on our fruits and our plants, they
don't use a lot of that stuff.
So if you buy, let's say a plum, if you don't buy it in two days, it's going to trash it
because it's going to start decaying.
So we've had apples on our counter for two weeks.
That's not how fruit should work.
In the moment it's plucked from the tree, it should start decaying.
48, 72 hours somewhere in there.
But we added all these fertilizers, genetics, which make our food last longer, but it's
not as healthy for us.
But they've been said they don't use a lot of chemicals that we use here in the States
on their food.
So it tastes slightly different.
So we ate a lot and actually lost weight.
And then also, we'll talk about this in Sevilla, but we saw it in corporate as well, they don't
put their eggs in the refrigerator.
No.
Never.
So I was like, why are the eggs just sitting in a box?
Because they're natural.
Yeah.
So that was it.
And so, that was it.
That's our, that was quarter of a, quarter of a month and one day and we were off to Ronda.
The ride to Ronda.
That's next time.
Ooh.
So y'all be good out there.
Take care.
If you made it this far, you are the true champion.
You could have been anywhere doing anything, but you instead chose to spend your time with
us.
And for that, we say thank you.
Thank you.
I'm Derek.
I'm Makayla.
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