Departure Day!

Last minute prep - weeks of reading stuff about Madrid and planning various adventures while there - brain in sizzle mode at the moment. Checked in and got our boarding passes on our phones - only taking small carry ons - figure I can buy the full matador outfit once I'm there! Counting on my extensive vocabulary of Gracias and Adios to carry us through 12 days - with a bit of Google Translate help on the side!

Checking out various means of transportation from airport to our AirBnB - taxi is easiest - 35 euros though. Airport express bus and then metro looking much cheaper and more adventuresome. :) Love that word adventuresome - behind it lurks a few choice words from time to time. :)

Temps are looking in mid 6o's at our destination with lower 40's at night - should be interesting. Looks sunny for first 3 or 4 days and then rain showers after that - we shall see - weather stuff is always changing. (update - my tapas tour guide just sent me an email telling me to bring an umbrella for Saturday. night - looks like 100% chance of rain on Saturday - lovely - also the day we have a 3 hr walking tour of Madrid scheduled.)

We have tapas tours, museum passes, flamenco night, walking tour, our eatwith.com experience set up and a day to day itinerary set up in Evernote, along with an offline downloaded Google map of Madrid plus a Madrid transit app. So that should be a good start. Now back to finishing packing!Read more