More rain today. It began last night and was still coming down when we checked out of the hostal at 12pm. We have a 6am flight tomorrow and being an international we have to be at the airport around 4.30am. As a result we have a hotel in the suburb beside the airport with a shuttle booked for 4am. We caught the metro to Barajas and are now in the hotel. We went for a bit of a wander earlier but being a public holiday here nothing is open and is very q...

Yesterday we had another busy day. After the pub crawl the previous night we had an easy day in the hotel room before deciding at the last minute to join a tapas tour. We had been on Sandemans other tours so figured we may as well complete the trio. The tour took in 4 bars where we received a drink and some tapas while our guide, once again Colin, talked about food and it's history in Madrid. It was a nice relaxing way to spend the afternoon and a bi...

Knowing where a tour starts from makes a world of difference. We had a few hours of our own before it began so we grabbed some lunch and wandered through some back streets enjoying the sun. Around 2.30pm we headed to the plaza to find our guide for the free walking tour. While sitting on the steps fat spiderman came over and started doing some poses with Jac and I from which I've got some great pictures. We chatted to him for awhile and it turns out h...

Our first day in Madrid and geeze it's good to be back in civilization. We just wandered around enjoying the sights of the city and getting our bearings. The streets are a little confusing but we had them and the metro sussed out by the end of the day. We went down to join a free walking tour at 3pm but couldn't find it. So we headed off for a tourist info centre. They had a pc so we looked up the tour and it turns out we were in the wrong place. At least we know...

Yesterday was again a nothing day in the wonderful land of Ibiza. We slept in then up for our free brekky and off to wash clothes. To us washing is like buying new clothes. Once again we have a whole new wardrobe to choose from. Well when I say it's a new wardrobe it's more like 3 combos of clothes but you get the picture. We don't really have to think long about what we will wear for the day. The rest of the time we spent in the hotel except for my trip to KFC a...