Madrid

Flight to Madrid was uneventful apart from the pear juice served on the plane. Our pick up at the airport was ok - had to wait 10 mins for him to show up.

Hotel is being renovated and is a bit noisy during the day but it quietens down at night. The location is great, but the rooms are basic but roomy enough. After checking in we go for a walk to find our bearings. We locate the area where we need to go for our tours. On the way back we find a supermarket where we pick up rolls for lunch. We also get some beers for beer o clock. After lunch we find a food market and it is packed with people having their lunch tapas style, it is an amazing place. On our way back we pass through a square where there are restaraunts all around. We come back here for dinner and are amazed at the amount of people wandering about. It is about 7 pm, the temp is a comfortable 28 degrees, and everywhere you go there are crowds of people. Dinner which was hilarious - started off with rolls, followed by chicken and prawn salad and ham and cheese, the chicken and seafood payella, then a disgusting dessert, then mini magnums and a liqueur. We were walking home and a square we walk through which has fountains has crowds of people  sitting on the edge of the fountain. Madrid is amazing place and operates to a very different time scale to us. You would have thought it was a weekend night.

No pictures maybe tomorrow.