We found a well reviewed campground in Madrid, so about 10am we were off for the big city. We love driving the freeways in Europe on Sundays because there are almost no commercial trucks on the road. It is very relaxing being the slowest vehicle, just set the cruise control and head on down the road.
We arrived at the campground a little after 1pm and the place was hoping. They had a little market going and a live band performing in the afternoon. We were setup and ready to go just as the band opened up their set. Ton saw some nice commercial washers and dryers so our afternoon was settled. Just as we finished our laundry the band finished up.
Later Stephen and I decided to do a reconnaissance to the metro station we will use tomorrow. I went into the metro to buy a multi trip ticket, and Stephen went into a store to buy some water for their RV. I got to the machine only to find it surrounded by about 25 middle-aged German tourists trying to figure out how to get a ticket. I watched for a few minutes and then decided it was not worth the wait while the Germans figured out the machine.
As Stephen and I were walking back towards the campground we saw another entrance to the metro so I told him I was going to run in and see if I could get the card. This time the machine was unoccupied, and within a minute I had my fare card and loaded ten trips on the metro on to it. When I came out of the metro I saw Stephen sitting at a cafe with two beers and a plate of potato chips. We decided this was our reward for the reconnaissance.
Later Kit again prepared an excellent dinner. While we were chatting a nice Laotian lady came by and had a chat with Ton and Kit. She lives in Germany now and is fluent in 5 languages.