We said goodbye to our kids on Monday morning and we're off for a two week adventure on our own. We took a cab to the train station and discovered right away that the train doesn't leave Jaen on Mondays so they bussed us to Linares, a small village to the north. There we caught the train to Madrid. After a few hours we arrived at Chamartin Train Station in Madrid and we checked our luggage into a locker. We were off on the metro subway to downtown where we grabbed a quick sandwich for lunch. Since the tour bus worked so well in Barcelona we thought we would repeat that experience here in Madrid. Well, we did get to see the sights but the recording did not work as well and it was difficult to follow the different tour spots as we went. No worries! We returned to the Plaza Mayor and enjoyed ourselves taking in the views of the people and listening to the musicians entertain us. We ate dinner at Doner Kebabs, an establishment that Vern grew quite fond of in Jaen.
Eventually we made our way back to the train station and boarded the overnight train for Paris. It was a long train ride but so fun to be in Paris in the morning! We got to see some of France's countryside during the morning hours as we waited for our arrival. We are building confidence daily in maneuvering our way through train stations, metro lines and city buses.
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