8 agosto 2013: Madrid, Spain

JUEVES

Blue skies in sunny Spain. Breakfast.

Parked at the university and rode the subway into the city center.

View from the top of El Corte Inglés, a Spanish department store. 

Statue of Madrid's symbol in Puerta del Sol. The plaque marking the center of Spain.

Plaza de Mayor.

Market of San Miguel.

The Royal Palace. Santa María la Real de La Almudena.

Watch the evening on the subway. The cheese section at the supermarket.

7 August 2013: Stansted, England to Madrid, Spain

WEDNESDAY

It is 12:23am and a guy is asleep on a luggage conveyor belt at Stansted Airport.

2:13am: people sleeping and lounging around on the floor as all the seats are taken. 6:01am: the sunrising in the sky.

The line to check-in. Attendants checking tickets before boarding the plane.

Walking to the plane.

Flying over Stansted, England. Flying over northern Spain.

Spain is dry.

A view of the busy baggage claim area. After passing through passport control seamlessly I walk out.

My friends greet me at the airport and we walk through the parking lot to find the car. A few skyscrapers of Madrid visible from the freeway.

Walking around Majadahonda, a northwest suburb of Madrid.

Banner protesting the noise disturbance of terrace bars.

Taste of America, an American supermarket.

Driving into Madrid.

View from the car. Reflection on a bus. 

Jardines del Buen Retinos.

Alfredo's Barbacoa Bar-Restaurant, American cuisine restaurant for dinner.

6 August 2013: Bath to Stansted via London

TUESDAY

Bath.

The sunset over Bath as I board to train for Stansted via London.

A: Bath. B: London. C: Stansted.

Arrive at London Paddington Station.

Taking the tube to Liverpool Station.

Look at the train schedule and head to the platform.

Ride the train north to Stansted Airport where I arrive just after midnight.