Hi from Madrid,
we are back at the airport waiting for the race organisers to pick us up an transport to the race location, near Leon in North West Spain.
We have had 3 days in Madrid preparing for the race. We all arrived safely Wednesday at various times as did all our luggage. We spent the rest of Wednesday finding our shuttle bus and then attempting to direct our driver to the accommodation. On the first day walked around the city centre checking the sights and generally stretching the legs out. We checked out Plaza Mayor, the Royal palace and a few churches and muesums as you do. There was even a massive demonstration in the streets for better work rights or something. The sun stays up past 10pm so it's easy to get sucked into late nights.
Yesterday was Spain’s equivalent to Australia Day there have been no shops open, and strangely very few cars on the road. We have spent the day sleeping in, phaffing, getting out for a skate then for a ride, phaffing, fixing Rob’s tyre which he split riding up some stairs. Stupid! We had dinner in town and there were heaps of people about.
This morning we finished off the huge shopping lift before heading back to the airport.
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