Spain at last -- what an airport!

A very quick post since we're waiting to get to Atocha Station (I wrongly wrote Chamartin Station earlier) to catch our Pamplona train. The flight was uneventful, landing was smooth, and passport check was no problem. We're looking for the Metro while a few of our party are using the airport's plumbing facilities. Our goal: the 15:05 train to Pamplona/Iruna. We'll write next from our pilgrimage starting-point: St. Jean Pied-de-Port.

Madrid's Barajas Airport

Meantime, we've found ourselves admiring this amazing airport. The beautiful colors and waving lines are unlike anything most of us have seen. Spain is clearly proud of its modernism and, while it couldn't have been cheap, it's great to see a thoughtful investment in an important public space. Makes me want to come back here again.

If we had time we would want to see more modernism at the Reina Sofia Museum, an amazing Madrid museum on the order of MOMA or Musee D'Orsee, stuffed with Picasso and Dali and other Spanish modernists. Alas, the Camino calls and we need to catch our train to the Town of the Crazy Drunk Men in White Clothes and the Bulls Who Chase Them.

Sanitary needs have been accomplished -- we're ready to roll. Don't forget to make a comment below and wish us a buen camino! Or better yet since we'll be in France, bon chemin!