here we are in Spain at last!!! and it is really warm and lovely! today we did not have time to do much. but we are located in a very charming and central hotel ,so after our wonderful dinner, Lola, our tour guide, took us on a walking tour around the oldest part of Madrid and showed us the unique PLAZA MAYOR, the lively PUERTA DEL SOL and the magnificent Royal Palace illuminated ..it was really a very good start! and it was almost midnight when we returned to our hotel and our beds, ready for a very good night sleet after our long journey here!!