Our hostal is 800 m from the Madrid airport. Metro is the most convenient way to get to the center of the city, but they introduced 3 euro suplement for each ride between city and airport. I decided that the best solution will be tourist ticket – for 15 euro it gives one day unlimited travel on Madrid subway and buses (except airport express bus) no supplements. Since my grandson is a football fan we went first to see famous Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Self tour around costs 35 euro and the young man said that it is worth. Then we went to Plaza de Espana, Royal palace, cathedral, Plaza Mayor and other places. For me it was a chance to refresh old memories. We have been also in the Plaza de Toros where I was watching real corrida in 1971… We returned to the hostal after 7 hours in the city – tired but happy!
