Last glimpse of The Netherlands - at Schiphol Airport - a desk where people can plug their computers in and cycle at the same time. A neat idea that should be adopted more widely.
I mentioned the heat already. The terrain is SUCH a contrast to green Netherlands. Here the countryside looks parched and very much like the landscape in California and also in Mexico.
We jumped into our hire car and set off 40kms to the north of Madrid. In the Netherlands, Sieska clocked up just over 1800 kms driving us up and down the country and largely visiting relatives. We have yet to see how many kms we will drive in Spain over the three weeks we will spend here.
Our first Spanish castle, very near the posada where we booked in for our first night. We have just repacked the suitcases putting the coolest clothing on top and leaving the warmer garments in the car.
Manzanares el Real was our first port of call and where we spent our first night. This is in the Parque Guadarrama. The place was recommend to Andrew by someone in the Canberra Bushwalking Club. We took the free bus to the mountain somewhere near the top where there were many walks and also many walkers.
The rock formations are lovely.
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