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Day 2: Finally here!
We finally arrived at the Madrid Airport. After, I swear, walking five miles through the airport we got our rental car, got a scary letter about gangs hijacking rental cars and we headed out!
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Half hour later
People were restless and already saying they were lying to us. It was just confusing why they lied. It's not like people haven't been toldabout mechanical problems.
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On and then off
We boarded the plane and then they said they hadn't searched the whole plane before boarding. For security reasons, we had to get off.
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Cool River
We had dinner at Cool River while waiting for our flight.
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Trip selfie!
Day 1! To the airport! The first selfie of the trip on the way to the airport wearing my fabulous new sunglasses. They remind me of Dynasty.
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Christmas in Spain
We left our house on December 9th and arrived back home on January 1st, 2015. It was 2/3rd road trip of Spain's castles and 1/3rd cruise to Morocco, Portugal, the Canary Islands, Malaga, Spain and back to Barcelona. Note: I'm posting pages as I finish them. This is only partially done.
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Spike on luggage
For this trip we left the dogs at a dogsitter's house. Lily has had some back problems and needed more personal care. Even though they had the entire back seat Spike wanted to lay on top of our luggage. Maybe he thought we'd take him with us.