A day off the motorcycle to explore Madrid the third largest city in Europe. With no riding an alternatice mode of transport was needed as our Hotel was well outside the main area of Madrid. Greg's phone app had a Uber taxi arrive and eposit us at the railway station for about $24. Then they joys of discovery how does this Metro work? A ticket is first priority so with only vending machings we began and worked for a while until it clicked in order to purchase...

Rain Rain never on the plains of Spain. So that explains why we got some of our coldest weather yet we travelled via the mountains to get to Madrid. Crossing into Spain a number of features became evident. Fuel was some 30-40c per litre cheaper then France where we often paid 1.70 euro per litre or over $3 per litre, even filling the bike was a $50+ exercise at least twice daily. We were also excited to find out that road tolls on the Autoviv were also much ...