Our rental car had to be returned today, in Madrid, by 12:30. So we had a relatively early breakfast in Salamanca and were on the road out of town by 9:00. Duke and I had been on Google street view figuring out how to get directly to the parking garage where we needed to return the rental car. We didn’t want to stray into the central Madrid congestion zone where we would have been charged a toll.
Luckily we were able to fairly easily find another entrance and return the car. It was raining outside but the hotel wasn’t far away.
Our rooms at Barceló Torre de Madrid weren’t ready so we had our welcome drinks and played cards for about an hour.
When Brian and JoAnn’s room was ready we moved our bags into their room then went to see the Royal Palace of Madrid. We purchased tickets and shared an audio guide. It’s an enormous, beautiful and opulent palace still used for official events. I very much enjoyed our visit even though it was quite crowded.
For dinner we went to a nearby Basque restaurant, Dudua Palácio
Marion's Blog 