Landed in Madrid at about 7am pretty much on time so we got straight in a Taxi and headed over to Chris and Conchi's house about 20 minutes down the road. Chris was at work when we arrived so we got to meet Conchi for the first time. She was in bed when we arrived but soon got up and made us feel very at home. Chris has boxes of PG Tips sent over from the UK so we indulged ourselves in a cup of tea and had a good old chat to Conchi. We then had a few hours kip while Conchi went out for the afternoon. At 3 I went for a walk around the neighbourhood, I introduced myself to the chinese corner shop owner and we both had a conversation in broken spanish, Its amazing how much you forget after just a month out of Spanish speaking countries.

Chris got home at about 4 with a big parcel of christmas goodies he got from work. It was great to see him again and we caught up on all sorts of things, like the latest Hinari appliances!!! Chris then took me on a whirlwind tour around Madrid while Sarena stayed in.

Can't quite remember where I went in Madrid... Past some cathedrals, old streets, trendy fashion boutiques e.t.c. I remember ending up in a Tapas bar though so we had a few beers and some meatballs before heading back to the flat to find Sarena and Conchi had broken into the Cava that I had purchased off my new chinese friend.

The 4 of us went out for our last Meal of our trip, We went to a cool little Tapas place with all the locals. Sarena even had prawns. and we ended up having great fun with the staff who loved Sarena's travel stories. In the end we ended up drinking all sorts of liquor. Poor old Conchi was feeling pretty tired but she put up with us drunken yobs and we even made it to a few other bars before crashing back at the flat at about 4.

Before getting some sleep we said our goodbyes and thanks to Conchi and Chris then I did a quick run to the cash point for some money for the Taxi driver who is due to pick us up at 7. By this time it was about 6 so we laid our heads down, which was a very bad idea. The next thing I knew Conchi was in our room waking us as the Taxi driver was ringing the door bell.Poor old Conchi. I was completely naked and spread out on top of the bed when she woke us. I hope she won't need therapy after that. Anyway we stuffed anything that we could see into our back backs, said another goodbye and jumped in the taxi feeling very hung over and confused.

We arrived at the airport still very confused and in desperate need of some fluids and a sit down to orientate ourselves. Managed to bumble our way through check-in and find ourselves a cafe for some water and coffee. Well this is it, our last flight. 2 years and 4 months traveling and it all ends in a haze of drunken muzziness at Madrid airport. Cool. 40 minutes later we where on our flight back to Heathrow, England...

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