airpueto

Madrid airport is a modern art sculpture put to industrial use. The huge space, with wooden rafters and angled skylights puts you in mind of a contempory cathedral. This temple to travel hosts more worshipers per day than madrids innumerable churches will host in a week. Verfent prayers to the God of lost bagage and Saint Christopher are audible from dawn till dusk.

They were still building the metro station that we were meant to take so a quick taxi ride throu rush hour gave us a glance at madrid from the asphalt.

It reminds me a lot of Paris but without the glaring tourist honey traps. The tapas are lovely and possibly the best invention since sliced bread. In fact they were orignally meant to be slices of bread to put over your drink to keep the flies off. Now its a stunning varity of hot and cold dishes all served to share.
Hotel is clean and ok, no AC thou but its fairly mild so not a problem so far.
There are hundreds of bars and resturants within walking distance and we managed 3 last night. More tonight no doubt!