As mentioned, the only reason we had stayed in this part of Madrid was because we knew the Subway station and how to get around from there - and yes they prompty shut it down on our arrival - so was a waste of time staying there - We get up early and decide we may as well just walk to the main Railway Station, which actually Richard, turned out to be not a bad decision as we managed to take in a bit of the nice cultural things in Madrid, the Architecture around t...

...and for this section dear reader I am reaching into my rucksack, pulling out the Aluminium Foil and making myself a tin foil hat, which I will now place on my swede....... Since we started this trip, we keep seeing many doppelgangers....of famous people, friends and workmates. So much so that me and Grant have started pointing them out to each other....it's really weird...they are almost exactly the same but with very slight differences. Now I would suggest t...

Last time we were in Santander it was nightime and raining so we didnt really get a chance to have a look at the place, this time we've got a bit of time on our hands before hitting the rails to Madrid. Santander is not a bad place at all, what I most liked about it was lots of independent shops, the hustle bustle and a pretty easy going manner of the people there. Everyone is well dressed and I didnt see anyone out in the supermercados in their pyjamas, like I s...

...and for this section dear reader I am reaching into my rucksack, pulling out the Aluminium Foil and making myself a tin foil hat, which I will now place on my swede....... Since we started this trip, we keep seeing many doppelgangers....of famous people, friends and workmates. So much so that me and Grant have started pointing them out to each other....it's really weird...they are almost exactly the same but with very slight differences. Now I would suggest t...

...and by Christ you should have seen us......So we head to the bar and seating area on deck 8....it's an impressive space.....it's about 10.30 pm by now...and thoughts are of what time does the bar shut? turns out we've only got an hour to go.....so it's stand by the bar and watch the goings on..The bar crew are French and sort of unfazed by the anxious Brits determined to drink as much as they possibly can in the time allotted....things are generally calm as we...