Thomas Friedman was right

When I can sit in an Irish pub in Madrid and watch the Kentucky – Florida football game on the big screen TV, the world really is flat. This was American football, mind you, not that namesake sport the rest of the world is enamoured with. Played by Kentucky, hardly a powerhouse and definitely not an international fan favorite. Granted, the outcome didn't make the effort as worthwhile as last week's, but the story is equally amazing.

Madrid is a lively, warm, beautiful, warm, energetic, warm, and cultured city. Did I mention that it's warm? As lucky as I've been with the weather in Brussels (most of the time), the sky was always blue and we could walk the streets in short sleeves even at midnight. ¡Que Bueno!