Leon

After cooling our heels for 4 long hours in the Madrid train station we knew two things. 1) we both needed sleep and 2) the Madrid train ticket office is in dire need of a customer service overhaul. When our train finally arrived it was wonderful. It is modern, runs very quietly and we reached a speed of 150mph for a while.   When it slowed a bit we saw saw beautiful country including snowy topped mountains and miles of beautiful farmland. There were also beautiful groves of trees among the fields and swaths of red poppies and something purpley blue that looked like lupine. 

When we arrived in Leon we took a taxi to our hotel, even though it was fairly close, not trusting our sleep starved brains so find it. Good thing because it was a crazy ride through narrow streets honking pedestrians, kids playing wall ball and other cars out of the way. We never would have found our cute little hotel, tucked only 100 yards from the Cathedral. 

After a good meal and people watching in the square we finally went to bed, waking up 12.5 refreshing hours later.