Monday, September 26, 2005
Day 123: England to Madrid, Spain
September 26: Left Sutton Coldfield (outer suburb of Birmingham) - Luke´s place - very early this morning to catch a bus down to London´s Heathrow airport. Took three hours, but managed to get a little sleep.
Met a guy at the airport to sort out a bag of unaccompanied luggage - decided it could go home, and I had no need for it the next 2 weeks.
Caught an earlier flight to Madrid and again, slept along the way. Very tired currently...
Had a nap at my hostel in Madrid, then decided to go walking... went to Parque del Retiro and saw the huge Monument to Alfonso XII. Was going to visit the Botanic Gardens but they closed at sunset. Instead made my way back to Gran Via, ran some errands and had dinner at a really cool diner-like place.
Hot weather here - mid 30s (C).
Met a guy at the airport to sort out a bag of unaccompanied luggage - decided it could go home, and I had no need for it the next 2 weeks.
Caught an earlier flight to Madrid and again, slept along the way. Very tired currently...
Had a nap at my hostel in Madrid, then decided to go walking... went to Parque del Retiro and saw the huge Monument to Alfonso XII. Was going to visit the Botanic Gardens but they closed at sunset. Instead made my way back to Gran Via, ran some errands and had dinner at a really cool diner-like place.
Hot weather here - mid 30s (C).
# posted by mishij @ 2:36 PM 
