Comedy of Errors

So today was a comedy of errors... 

We had learned of a place in the mountains near Madrid where we could go sledding.  (By the way, did you know there is not a verb in Spanish for sledding?)  Although the train took longer than driving, we decided to take the train.  It allowed us to study and relax and impossible to get lost that way, right?

Well, we never got lost, but nor did we sled.

• First discovered train doesn't go where we want until 1.. It was 10 so we decided to drive.
• Got 3/4 of the way there and they have posted you can't go further w/out chains.
• Found a park with undisturbed snow and Scott and Alex had a mini snowball fight.
• Decide to go a little ways back, have lunch, and get train in 2 hours.
• Went to buy tickets to be told due to weather train closed for day.
• Decided to come back to Madrid for pizza at our favorite pizzeria (it is on the opposite side of Madrid so it is rare treat to be close enough to go) but discovered it is closed on Mondays.
• Went to a mall with indoor skiing.
• Had lunch in the food court - where I chose Taco Bell - that is really bad - both in taste and for my diet.
• Found out it is more expensive to ski inside than the real thing.  
• Scott and Alex decided to play putt putt and I found a comfy chair for studying phrases with "por and para.".  

But hey, we were together, we laughed a lot, reminded ourselves we were in Spain and this was normal, and came home content.  Will we try another day?  Hmm, that is still to be determined!