30th December - Spain

An emotional morning as we said goodbye to our German family. Jim had organised a taxi van to take us to the airport. After all the trouble with Vueling airlines changing the flight day, we hope it all works well. Easy book in and all our luggage is below the maximum weight of 23kg.

A four hour flight to Barcelona (so pretty flighing into the city) and then a short wait till we flew onto Madrid. The taxi was only €30 so we took that option although the trains would have been cheaper. But with Peters sore ribs it is easier than him having to carry his luggage. He borrowed a roller bag from Jim as he couldn’t carry his backpack.

A quick phone call and we were met at the apartment. The first accommodation is very small but we only have it for a night. It is very central and after getting the kids some food, Peter and I headed out to have some wine and tapas. The first place we went to had great wine and we had some patatas with picante sauce, and then we went to a more upbeat place where they canned the ham (Jason ) in front of us and the cheese platter prepared at the front counter from a display case chockers with cheese. It looked delicious.