Translation of novice in Spanish

I guess you know Spanish very well. I'm not on line most of the time. I think to get accommodation in the city is hard. I have many friends in Madrid, they all live outside the city. I think we can help each other to practice German or Spanish.
We stepped down slowly and made the walk back to the parking spot. Sam was with us all the time and after Lili visited a souvenir shop he finally brought us back to the hotel where we dressed up.
Arica was not our destination, we had to move to the South, around one thousand kilometers, and we did not know how, whether by bus, plane or train. We considered all of them and start looking for itineraries.