20060419 - Granda to Madrid

We woke early at around 6:30 (it isn´t getting light until 7:30ish), packed and jumped in the car and started driving towards Madrid. We stopped along the way for some breakfast, and eventually came to a standstill in the Madrid traffic gridlock around 2pm.

After some u turns and back and forwards driving we found the station where we needed to drop the car off later, and after a lot of trying, the hotel. Carla ran upstairs to check us in, while I tried to find a spot to stop around the block. Amazingly found one in a loading zone, which seemed much better than the double-double parking some people were doing in the no-stopping zones. We have seen a lot of cars being towed, so it is amazing people don´t care more. Dropped off the bags, and then navigated our way back to the train station to drop off the car.

A quiet evening exploring our local area which is a bit of a mix of the main streetness of George St and the slease of Kings Cross in Sydney.