Just a quick message to say that we've arrived in Madrid. The airport is insanely beautiful (pics to come later) - we wanted to spend longer but didn't want to act questionable. The Heathrow airport was significantly different - one sign in particular indicated that passengers for gates 7, 24, 82, 109 and 48 should all head one way. Spent last night at Hostal Maria Cristina, in the Chueca neighborhood. Nice narrow streets, tons of shops. After days of packing and traveling, we crashed out at about 9:00 and slept til morning. Our bags (which had gone missing somewhere between Seattle and London), finally arrived at 10:00 this morning. So we're clean, and off to catch a train to San Sebastian!
The bits we've noticed - people talk fast, the coffee is delicious, it's quiet, the day starts (9:00) and ends late (dinner 9:00 at the earliest - Matt is in heaven), and all cars are about half the size they are in the U.S.
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Here´s a pic of the incredible Madrid airport - doesn´t really do it justice.
The bits we've noticed - people talk fast, the coffee is delicious, it's quiet, the day starts (9:00) and ends late (dinner 9:00 at the earliest - Matt is in heaven), and all cars are about half the size they are in the U.S.
This post is dedicated to our faithful reader.
Here´s a pic of the incredible Madrid airport - doesn´t really do it justice.
2 comments:
you two better watch out for those fast-talking europeans. especially the cute ones. they'll get you every time. ;-)
sounds like that heathrow sign deserves a place in the "weird sign hall of fame", along with every translated-into-english sign in asia.
it's 1:30 here on the east coast. is it siesta time yet?
Aren't well-designed airports fantastic!? The Madrid picture looks especially beautiful. The Singapore airport is like a space station: it has it's own pool, own health station, even a "science center" where you can basically kill time in a science museum while you wait. -Ali
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