We arrived in beautiful Madrid on a high-speed train and, since I am so done with walking everywhere and didn't want to wander all over looking for the address of our next AirBnb, I insisted on taking a taxi from the train station. Our driver apologized and took a huge turn around a large chunk of the city to get to the address because he said, in part Spanish, part English and gestures, that it was easier to walk to it than drive to it. Actually, it turns out that the apartment is directly across the street from the Atocha train station = $10 to go across the street. But, on the bright side, we did find the address very easily and didn't have to walk all over looking for it. 😉
Our AirBnd apartment is lovely and very convenient for what we came to do before we head for France. We are going to spend several hours tomorrow at the Reina Sofia Museum, which is across the street from Atocha Railway Station, which is across the street from us. Then, I had high hopes of seeing some of that Harry Potter advertising that is supposed to be in 4 different places around the city. Unfortunately, the "sculptures" may not be in place yet and, even if they are, it's all pretty far away from us. The actual Harry Potter Exhibition doesn't begin until November 18 in Madrid, darn it. But, perhaps we can do a taxi exploration while we take care of some personal errands.
We are carefully monitoring what is happening in Catalonia, but we decided to head to Figueres, north of Barcelona, anyway to see the Dali museum. Friday we will know if that was a really stupid idea or not. But, at least, we are not seeing danger alerts for American or British tourists. So, it will probably be fine.
Photos from Madrid soon!
Our AirBnd apartment is lovely and very convenient for what we came to do before we head for France. We are going to spend several hours tomorrow at the Reina Sofia Museum, which is across the street from Atocha Railway Station, which is across the street from us. Then, I had high hopes of seeing some of that Harry Potter advertising that is supposed to be in 4 different places around the city. Unfortunately, the "sculptures" may not be in place yet and, even if they are, it's all pretty far away from us. The actual Harry Potter Exhibition doesn't begin until November 18 in Madrid, darn it. But, perhaps we can do a taxi exploration while we take care of some personal errands.
We are carefully monitoring what is happening in Catalonia, but we decided to head to Figueres, north of Barcelona, anyway to see the Dali museum. Friday we will know if that was a really stupid idea or not. But, at least, we are not seeing danger alerts for American or British tourists. So, it will probably be fine.
Photos from Madrid soon!
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