AVE trip 28 January 2009

Oscar loves trains. We used to pack up a picnic and go eat our lunch watching the AVEs (fastspeed trains) arrive and depart (our fast train sandwiches are famous) We can see the new AVE railway tracks from our house and Oscar is constantly looking for the AVE. He was always asking when we were going to go in the AVE to Sevilla to see Mr. Javier, a friend of Miguel´s.

So, as an incentive to sleep all night without a nighttime diaper, we told him if he could keep his bed dry for two weeks, we would go on a trip to Sevilla on the AVE. He had a couple setbacks, but he earned his trip pretty fast!!

We caught the train early in the morning in Torrejon. Oscar was so excited. He had packed his suitcase the night before. We had decided to go only for the day. That way we wouldn´t have to pack clothes and junk for all of us. All we had was the stroller, a backpack and Oscar and Dani´s suitcases with their toys. The kids had a great time on the train. We had breakfast on the train and whenever the attendents asked if he wanted something, he said yes to everything. Juice, yes, milk, yes, muffin, yes, candy, of course!

The ride was only 2 hours and 30 minutes. Mr. Javier was there at the station waiting for us. After a drink with him, we caught the bus to the city. We ended up in El Parque Maria Luisa. We rented a bike and rode around the park for a while.

We caught the 5 pm train back and Oscar was exausted. He slept most of the train ride back and we had to put him in the stroller because he was so tired (Dani walked). It was a long day, but we all enjoyed the train ride.

Oscar eating dinner in the train station in Sevilla. He was eating and sleeping at the same time....