Going into Madrid, my bus was surrounded by huge white flakes slowly falling from the sky. In retrospect, a warning.
Madrid itself was snow-free and my first order of the day was getting a “Bocata de Calamares” (squid sandwich) for lunch. I’m told the tasty baguettes filled with deep-fried squid are something of a Madrid specialty. And very easy to find in the city!
Then onto the Museo Reina Sofia gallery. It’s currently hosting Leandro Erlich’s installation, The Tower. Once inside the thing, it wreaks havoc with your senses. I swayed, but thankfully didn’t immediately collapse to the floor like some I’d seen!
Leaving Madrid became a challenge: snow had closed roads and canceled rural buses.
Madrid has a behemoth of a bus station—and very nice it is too—but 5 hours inside the Plaza de Castillia is probably a little much for most. A big group of us ended up waiting in hope that promises of a bus would save us from being stranded. There was widespread relief when a bus finally appeared a bit after 11 pm. Thank you kind strangers for helping to work out what the announcements meant.
Then midnight snow angels in Guadalix 😄