Madrid, We, along with friends Helen and Stuart from Windsor went off to Madrid for 4 days. Weather was appalling, rained continuously however did not spoil our enjoyment of the city, we went out walking each day with our wet weather gear and explored the streets of old Madrid. We adapted to the Spanish time table surprisingly well, breakfast 9.00, lunch 3.00, dinner 10.00pm retiring to bed sometime between 12.00 and 1.00 each night! Day 1 the boys did a museum and an art gallery whilst Helen and I did the shops, the rest of our stay was spent exploring and visiting the palace and other buildings of interest. We were all very taken with the award winning design of the new Madrid airport. Not very often one can say that one's experience in an airport is enjoyable but this one was, and even with the heavy security at no time were we harrassed and both arrival and departure went very smoothly.