Arriving at Madrid Airport
“Bienvenido” read the sign, in the airport hall, after disembarking from flight KL 1703 at 14.20 in the afternoon on the 4th of May 2001.
Quickly we found our luggage, changed some money and made our way through customs to the rent a car office. Everything was prepared ahead of time, all went smoothly as we drove with the Citroen Xsara rented car into the city. Equipped with the hotel’s address and a small map, we encountered our first difficulty. Language !!. Asking a few persons for directions, the answers always came back in the Spanish tongue. With some pantomime and careful listening, we found our hotel right in the center of the city, a few steps from the Puerta del Sol.
We toured Spain for a month, saw all the main tourist cities, there are just too many pictures, so I chose a few. We have been back a number of times.
Spain is the 3rd largest country in Europe.
