Athens - Madrid

Viel, our new taxi driver friend picked us up at 3 am and took us to the airport. We accidently arrived an hour to early for check in time and just cruised around the airport getting our bags wrapped and looking for a Starbucks. The whole holiday we’ve been looking for one and haven’t found one yet ☹

Our flight from Athens to Madrid took 3 hours and as soon as we got to Madrid we boarded the metro and headed towards Serrano square. We caught the city sight seeing hop on – hop off bus and started taking pictures. We did the modern route around the city and stopped for lunch. This was quite an experience as the whole menu was in Spanish and the waiter couldn’t speak English. We ended up having a bacon and ham sandwich with fries for lunch. It wasn’t too bad. After lunch we walked around A LOT and took the bus to the Real Madrid Soccer Stadium. It was quite an experience. We paid for an unguided tour through the stadium and could explore on our own time. We spent quite some time there. We visited their museum, their trophy hall, some boxes, we went onto the field and sat on the bench, we saw the dressing room and even took a photo with Ronaldo. Afterwards we shopped in the shop and went looking for a metro to take us back to the airport. At the airport we started looking for a lounge to book ourselves into and during that mission we finally came across a Starbucks. It was like a little piece of Heaven in the airport. We found the lounge and booked in and showered and relaxed before our 10 hour flight back home.

It was probably one of the most memorable vacations ever and definitely a destination to return to in the future. We had so much fun and the best memories!! x