New Years day

Although we didn’t have a late night we all managed to sleep in this morning. After a lazy breakfast we let the house mid afternoon for a walk around the city. We headed to Atocha train station to buy some train tickets to Barcelona. OMG! It cost $1000 Aussie dollars for a two and a half hour train trip to Barcelona. Not much different than if we went by plane but less taxi hassle. And less taxi cost.

We walked to the main park in Madrid which is huge. We weren’t the only people as it was packed. I would hate to see it in summer. We fed some birds, then we fed some ducks, then we fed ourselves with some cheap hotdogs. It was nice to have a casual look around without waiting in lines to visit a tourist attraction.

At home we had a quiet night playing  card games and eating toasted sandwiches. Cheaper than what is available. Love the options in the city but for 5 people it gets a bit expensive.