OK, first impressions of Madrid - the airport is WAY better than London. I mean I could write pages making fun of Heathrow airport - OK, I throw in just one . . . imagine if Hogwarts was built in the 1950's (minus the medieval stonework and schtick) and there had been absolutely no major maintenance to it in 50 years - alakazamy you have Heathrow. But I'm into positives . . . Madrid architecture is awesome - great airport design (this is the ceiling by the way). They still do that European thing of "we're going to wait until the very last second before we tell you which gate you need to go to", but that can be forgiven under these great ceilings.
