lisbon.to.madrid

Last night, after a lot of walking in lisbon, we caught the 10pm train to madrid. This time we were in a sleeper car instead of a couchette. The sleeper car was better- a lot better! Instead of 6 beds, there were only 4, and we had our own little sink and cabinet. We shared with two women. One was only there for sleeping and didn't have much to say. The other woman was around 60 and from brazil. Her name was rosa, and she was great! She was super chatty. She had traveled to many different places, so was a wealth of info. Apparently her husband thought she was just in italy visiting one of their daughters, but at the last minute, she had decided to travel around a bit by herself. He isn't as much of a fan of travel, so she just takes off sometimes! In any case, we both slept well, and when we woke up...we were in madrid! We´stopped at the hostel to drop off our gear, and are going to do some more walking today. Unfortunately, two of the three big museums are closed on mondays, so we're only doing one, and then will see more of the free sights!