Madrid

Madrid.....

What comes to mind is bull fights, spanish music, and maybe soccer. None of these were on my mind as we spent a 15 hour lay- over there. 

We arrived in the late morning of Aug 6 and we immediately set out to explore some possibilities. The main thing we were met with .... HEAT . I was not expecting that kinda heat. Baking heat. 

But we did see a few  things. The royal palace and lots of winding cobblestone streets. Sleep deprivation set because of the overnight flight from Washington. (They don't configure airline seats for a 6 foot 3 frame like mine. Especially if there someone sitting next to you.) After about 8 hours of walking Madrids streets and sweating buckets we decided to pack it in and go and wait in the airport. All in all a wise decesion. 

Retering through security in Spain is a little intimidating. I set off the alarm and had to go through the check agian. Then they didn't like the fact that I was carrying on my tripod. But through my broken spanish and the securitiy gaurds broken english we came to a agreement that I was a photographer going to AFRICA photographing for a magazine. No harm done. 

So, we had 6 hours to explore the airport. Which is the largest airport I have been to. We also had time to catch up on sleep.

You will be able to see some images from South Africa. So keep checking back.

Peter