madrid

today I went to madrid alone. not only is a dog bigger than 10 kilos not allowed on the speed train, but it costs also a fortune!

I have to use high speed because that only takes 3 hours, a normal train takes 2 or 3 times as long!

my one way ticket had to be a first class because that was the only left and costed 190€. and no (free) wifi in the trains.

walking through the big SANTS train station I heard a man complaining in english to not understanding railway men that he had no money, he was carrying a bag from the dutch politie ...

I am wondering what will happen of our planned spanish holiday...

not easy to travel with so many robbers around us, going to madrid a couple of times, what will happen to coskuns visum? normally in the schengen countries we would have no problems at borders, but now ! with all the syrians and terrorists and we have a car with turkish plates so I am afraid everybody wants to check us.

this afternoon we will see how helpfull the dutch embassy is for us!

never been on a high speed train this is a new experience really. you think we dont go so fast and then it is already over 100km and the top seems to be 300, still not looking so much when you look outside.

just in time I arrived at the ambassy of pajos bajos and we started with the procedure for my new passport. 135€ paid with coskuns credit card (needed a bit pursuation) and it will come after approx 2 weeks to madrid and they will send it to me bij dhl or such. I gave our address in alora hopefully that will be possible.

now Coskuns visum.

after another hour waiting a new man come to look at our problems. he had to start anew with coskuns visum problem (just as the man that helped me with my passport didnt know anything, nobody had looked at the mails I had send as they had asked..) and he made a scan of coskuns new temporary passport and would contact me in a couple of days after contacting ankara where the visa were given to coskun and holland for procedures and possibilities). so we know nothing, they didnt say no but they also did not give possibilities or options as I had discussed on the phone yesterday with a lady that I did not see today!

so back with the 19h train from the beautiful ATOCHA station, now only 2,5h and only 160€, it just came back this seat then at first he said 233€ !  maybe "home" bij 22h.