Monday, May 3, 2010

April 30, 2010 -- Off to Madrid

Friday was a travel day. We vacated the Frigiliana apartment at 11:00 am and mailed the keys to England, then visited Nerja for morning cafe con leche and some window shopping.

We have been fascin- ated by the ubiqui- tous clutches of old men congre- gated in plazas in every village and town we have visited. In Nerja Duane asked, mostly by gestures and body language, to join one group for a photo op and the men were agreeable -- at least we think they were. The day was lovely -- 27 to 30 degrees as has been usual -- and we meandered along the Mediterranean coast through a number of little villages which now seem to be mostly English enclaves.

We drove to Malaga, left our rental car in the public garage and walked to the new and very commodious Malaga airport, still somewhat underutilized and barren. After leisurely tapas in the airport we caught the Spanair flight to Madrid where we took the hotel shuttle to a marvellous four star Hotel Husa Neuvo Boston. We have found really good deals on some of the better hotels, depending on the day of the week, and this was one of those good deals.

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