So landed in Madrid about 1030am - long enough to count it as a full day of sightseeing, the bus from the airport is only 2 bucks. Far warmer than Istanbul with highs of 19 degrees, and even more in the sun, Madrid certainly feels very pleasant.
It's an interesting town, with a raw underbelly, but some very classical looks, still trying to get some pictures up, despite Google.
The Reina Sofia museum houses the one picture I wanted to see, Guernica, and no photos were allowed, bigger than I thought, It was great to see. There were staff either side stopping any pictures being taken. In that gallery there were also many Dali, Picasso and Miro works, as well as Corbusier, a whole section on cubism. I liked it there, up the street, next to the famous Retiro Park, is the Museo del Prado, with much older works, being the national gallery it's main contributor is Goya.
My hotel was OK, but it was a long walk from the action, about 15 mins walk to the first point on the tourist route, in a slightly dodgy area next to the major railway station Atocha. Blame Priceline.
Being museum-d out, I walked the tourist loop around town, old Madrid having some lovely old ramparts as well as the royal palace. If someone was here to share, I would have gone to one of the 8 million tapas restaurants too.
All in all, Madrid was a great stop.
But there's a problem:
It's now 2:30am Monday and I have to leave for the airport again to go home. It's all over. That's about 7:30pm Sunday at home. And I won't be back home till 8pm Monday night, so I have 24 hours of flying and airport crawling to get back!
Ugh!
See you at home!
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