It was a painful start to the day after so many sleepless nights. I managed to wake up and gather my effects and start to the train station. There were no cabs so I had to walk the forty minutes to the train station. …until I was just about there and I finally caught one to take me the rest of the way. The trains in Spain are wicked nice, go several hundred kph and included complimentary breakfast service. Which was highly necessary.

I arrived in Madrid at about the same time as my buddy who I hadn’t seen in… probably a year. We got settled at the hotel and then just wandered around the city. Walked down to the Royal Palace and Cathedral, the big Retirdo (I think) park etc. We had lunch at some random cafe and tapas at another. He was feeling jet lagged and I having not slept all week both crashed early.