The lounge in Valencia is located after passing through security and gives us a leg up on boarding the train. The lounge is architecturally interesting but without significant food and drink amenities.
Today our fourth bullet train returns us to Madrid. The countryside is largely agricultural. Somehow we missed a picturesque lake on the way to Valencia.
CJ is not a fan of sandwiches but lunch is good. Today the highest speed we observe is 300 km/hr.
Instead of returning to the airport by the special bus shuttle, we try out the free train offer that comes with our tickets. It's actually faster than the bus.
The hotel shuttle has an accident seconds before we are to board it. We end up waiting about twenty minutes for the paperwork, many officials and our driver to calm down. She apparently was not at fault but her vehicle took the brunt of the damage.
Two Marriott officials board at the next terminal to ensure we passengers are OK. I suspect we and the other fellow will get quite good rooms having been involved and accounted for with not one but two men dressed in suits boarding to ensure our good health.
The room is quite good.
This has been an interesting vacation. We may finally be getting the concept of vacationing. We've been getting out at the "crack of noon" more often than not. We've not had a single dinner in the entire time we've been in Spain due to the huge Spanish lunches, often occurring between two and three PM. Since we haven't had a big lunch today, we have tapas at dinner time.
There is a great automobile sculpture in the hotel lobby. It's based on a mid 50's Chevy.
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