Madrid

I´ve arrived in Madrid, having experienced 5star (Economy) treatment from Qatar Airlines to Doha. I received goodies including organic quinoa, chocolate and raspberry muffins while others fed on their glutinous croissants.
Doha Airport was a different matter; herded into a room immediately off the tarmac with about 1000 other passengers to see only 4 security scanners. Not good when boarding time for my Madrid connection was already wrapping up somewhere ahead of me. First time I enjoyed the experience of holding up a plane full of people (in this case angry Madrilenos for 90 minutes!).
The underground Metro in Madrid is superb, getting me from Barajas Airport to the door of Preciados Hotel in 45 minutes. After sleeping off some jet-lag I wandered down Gran Via at 1:30am (since everyone else seemed to be doing the same) and after being approached by an overly friendly girl and then getting a slightly uneasy feeling about a guy doing a u-turn and walking behind me, retraced my steps and instead headed down Calle de Preciados to Peurta del Sol which had a much friendlier vibe.
Found a little i-cafe right near my hotel on the way back and now it´s 3am which is about the right time to got to bed here.
Adios.