Saturday, September 11, 2010

Madrid

We caught the train from Barcelona to Madrid at 9am.  We had decided while planning our trip that we would reserve first class tickets, what a choice! We ended up with a free breakfast . . . yummy! Along with some first class service.

The train was super fast, we clocked 300kmph on the speedo at one point – we missed that photo opportunity but caught it at 298kmph!

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We checked into our four star hotel, wow what an experience after roughing it for a while. . . . fresh clean sheets, air con you can hardly hear, bathroom to yourself and with a bath, its the simple things in life!

The next two days in Madrid were spent walking the streets and doing a bit of shopping and relaxing in the hotel, catching up on some much needed R & R.

22 Madrid 005 The main shopping street in Madrid

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Relaxing in the hotel room

We thought we should report on Mike’s Jandals . . . . they have come along way since departing NZ on the 4th July . . . . as you can see from below the duck tape came in handy as new jandals were difficult to source for a while. 

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After an emotional farewell (not) it was time to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new.  Hopefully these survive the rest of the trip.

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