It's 7.20am and I'm far too early for my train. The hotel booked me a taxi, but I wanted to give myself an alternative option in case it didn't arrive, so I asked for it with time to spare. In fact, it turned up on the dot of 7.00am.
A very nice young Italian lady was outside looking for a taxi to the airport, so we shared it to here, then she carried on. She had lived in Derby for a time with her (now ex) boyfriend who worked for Rolls Royce.
Both the main stations in Madrid are very modern - I came in at the other one on Wednesday. The signs are in Spanish and English, and here the announcements are even in both languges.
A security guard is going round waking up people who've obviously slept here. Security is very tight at the stations, presumably since the terrorist attack a few years ago. This station obviously wakes up at 7.30! The lighting had been fairly subdued, then there was a loud 'bong' and all the bright lights came on.
