Had a good lie in this morning, didn't get moving until about 11 o'clock. We went to get some breakfast and to use the net. Gaf spoke to Russ about tomorrow then we walked back to the hotel. I stopped to get some cherries, which were huge. We had a bit of a sit down to watch the tv when the maid came to do the room, so we went out. We caught the...

A bit of a slow start to the day but we got going eventually. We set out for the metro to Rastro, the flea market. There were loads of stalls, selling all sorts of things, but the majority were clothes, accessories and the like. We had a look all around there then went for tea and tostada for breakfast. Caught the metro back to the hotel and had...

A nice comfy bed resulted in a fairly good nights sleep. Still had a lie in though! We went to La Gloria to get some churros for breakfast then to the Internet café to use the phones to ring the bank at home. We caught the metro to Hipercor (a huge Corte Inglés) and had a good look around there. Gaf got some new shoes and we got some gifts to ta...

Another early start-packed the last few things and then checked out. We caught the number 3 bus which took us all around the suburbs, but we got to the bus station eventually. We had just enough time to buy some croissants and churros for breakfast before boarding the bus. 4 hours and 25 mins on the bus later and we arrived at Madrid bus station...

We took a guided tour on a bus to Spain, Morocco, and Portugal. We w**e not sure we'd like a guided tour with a lot of people we didn't know, but w**e lucky. The tour was a "budget" one through Trafalgar. Since it was budget, we w**e supposed to have more time to do things on our own and we didn't stay in the highest rated hotels. It worked out ...