Back at Madrid airport & adiós a España

The train journey was very smooth. It was amazing how quickly we covered the 500 or so kilometres from Santiago to Madrid in 3 hours, stopping just twice, at Ourense and Zamora.

I then had to change trains for a commuter shuttle to the airport T4. A shuttle train was already waiting at the platform and so I arrived at the airport less than 3 1/2 hours after leaving Santiago.

I grabbed my final Spanish meal for a while, chicken, salad and patatas bravas.

And then it was time to find my way to the satellite terminal T4S where there was a lengthy queue for my passport to be stamped by the good folk of the Spanish national police. I almost asked them to stamp my credencial too!Read more