Jen and Rebecca Have a Happy Meal

It’s our last full day in Spain!  But we had to spend a lot of it in the car getting back to the Madrid airport.  We made sure to get up early enough to enjoy morning tea on our terrace once more before hitting the road back north.  The day was a bit dreary, but we by the time we got to our day’s stop in Toledo, about an hour outside Madrid, it had cleared up well enough for us not to be rained on.

Riding the escalator into Toledo

After several misadventures in other city centers, we decided not to risk it in Toledo and parked outside the city walls.  As a bonus, we got to ride an escalator to the top of the hill!  It may not seem like much, but our legs appreciated it!  We had a quick lunch (by European standards, anyway) and then headed out to explore Toledo.  Once again, we got lost, but this time it was more of a plan than an annoyance.  We wandered into various shops and down tiny alley ways. We each picked up some souvenirs and enjoyed our last day in Spain. 

It is Rebecca with Don Quixote, the Lord of La Mancha

The drive back to Madrid was thankfully uneventful.  We stopped by the Hilton to check in and drop off our bags before returning the car to the airport.  Returning the car, however, was a bit eventful because we did have, shall we say, an incident in a Malaga parking garage involving the rear end of the car.  To console ourselves over the extra cost of a new coat of paint for the rental car bumper, Jen and Rebecca decided they needed some good old fashioned comfort food, McDonald’s.  It’s really about that cultural experience of seeing how different McDonald’s tastes in different countries, we swear!  So we took the shuttle to Terminal 4 just to have McDonald’s for dinner.  Yes, this is lame, but we were oh so happy with our choice. 

We are ridiculously happy to have found th eTerminal 4 McDonald's for dinner.

Especially since upon waiting for the Hilton shuttle, we got to see an incredibly eclectic woman dressed in crazy attire that not only made us laugh (completely sober, we swear!) but also made all of the other hotel shuttle drivers look at her strangely and shake their heads.  Somehow, this crazy lady made our night.

We have morning flights tomorrow, which means getting up early to get to the airport, so we decided to spend our last night packing, relaxing and drinking the rest of the Spanish wine and eating the cheese we had in our hoard instead of trying to get into the city center. Spain, you’ve been wonderful.  It’s possible we’ll be back, but it’s also possible we have a million other new places to explore!

A mere tantalizing glimpse of the crazily dressed woman on the Hilton shuttle.