It is worth noting before one starts the Madrid adventure that the weather forecast for the entire week is a mix of rain and thunderstorms hence how much of the Spanish capital will be rolled around remains to be seen!
In a twist of events, one decided to book an evening flight from Bristol to Madrid hence we were up in the air around 18:45pm and landed 2.5 hours later. As we approached Madrid Barajas International Airport, the dark clouds began to roll in as predicted.
One is unsure whether this was due to arriving at Barajas rather late, however, special assistance seemed rather confused as they boarded. Even though the gate possessed a jet bridge, instead of taking Superbunny to the door, Barajas decided to park an Ambulift by the rear door which wasn’t particularly useful as one was sitting at the front of the plane!
Although our plane was delayed, our accessible taxi driver was still waiting for us to bring us on the short journey to the hotel. Nonetheless, the good thing about Western Europe is that wheelchair accessible taxis are of plenty. The Hotel Exe Plaza is situated within the Chamartín district and just a stones throw away from the Cuatro Torres Business Area. Ones room is pretty standard for a Western European hotel in terms of accessibility and wet rooms…
Despite the thundery showers, the plan tomorrow is to visit the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium which is around a 25 minute walk from the hotel.