Spain
After a very good flight we are all rested and looking forward to Spain.
We arrive in Madrid in the evening and grab our gear and head to taxi stand. Try and get a cab, but they all want us to take two taxis a they say we have too much luggage. Well we are not taking that and find a driver who will drive us.
The city is bright ad clean and the weather is warm.
He takes us to the city center and drops us off at the street corner but we don’t see our hostel. He tells us it’s just up the road. Well we do find our place and its great and clean and located over an Irish pub.
We are on the top floor of the hotel with great views of the street life. It really is a great area and once again our research on finding a place to stay pays off.
Brendan is tired so Kim, Aaron and I head out to dine in Madrid. We find a cool little café and order a beer and calamari. Its such a great little place we have found just up a cobblestone road from our hostel.
During diner we chat to a group of fellow travellers and Aaron wants to join them as they are heading to a club to see live bands. Well they are all older than Aaron (perhaps 23) and he has really matured a great deal so we say have fun and off he goes with the one guy and 3 ladies.
We had given Aaron a curfew of 1am and he missed that but I will leave the rest of this first night in Madrid story for Aaron to share with you. But can say I think it’s a night he and we will never forget.
After all the drama we crawl into bed and rest up for a full packed day tomorrow visiting Madrid.
