We arrived in Spain yesterday - taking a direct flight from Atlanta to Madrid. I wasn't able to sleep on the plane at all; the flight seemed to go quickly even though it was approximately 8 1/2 hours. So, we spent much of our 1st day in Spain napping.
We did go out and walk around a bit, grabbed a quick snack and drink at Starbucks to take advantage of the free wifi. Then had dinner at an Italian restaurant just down the street from our hotel. It was just what we needed -- simple and casual. Neither of us felt like dressing up or waiting for a table.
Granted we didn't see much of Madrid, but I wasn't overly impressed. Nice, metropolitan city, but nothing really stuck out about it.
Today, we took a taxi to the Hertz rental car location nearest our hotel and drove to Bilbao. With traffic, it was almost a 4 hour trip. That's almost 2 hours shorter than the train because the train makes so many stops along the route from Madrid to Bilbao. That was the biggest factor in our deciding to rent a car.
It rained on us a good bit of the way. Most of interior Spain was dry, brown and dotted with rocky mountains. It reminded me of New Mexico. The closer we got to Bilbao, the greener it got -- more like the Argyle forest of Scotland.
We haven't ventured out to explore Bilbao yet. Scott's resting after the drive and I'm catching upon email, online news, etc.
Hopefully we'll have photos to post tomorrow.
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