30 May 2011 Madrid I am sitting in the Madrid airport killing time right now. I had to return our rental car so I just did that. Now I am waiting for a flight that is 5 hours away to take me to Lisbon, where I will catch a bus, then a ferry, and then another bus so I can walk the last 2 kms home. This is once that public transport is not really convenient but at least it is there. The drive from our place was uneventful. It just took 6 or so hours. This means that I got up at 3 this morning to return the car by 12 noon, including going through a time zone. For the rest, our time has been spent using this car to good advantage. Friday, we drove
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