Off to See Erica Day #2 “Mission Accomplished and Much, Much, More”

Yesterday we arrived safely in Madrid and quickly got our luggage and made it safely to our hotel.  Exhausted we both took a nap and were pleasantly awakened by our darling Erica a couple of hours later.  It was so great seeing the doll we have missed so much.  We are lucky to have Lindsay back home after spending 2 years with her sister in Madrid. Hopefully Erica will also decide to return home soon.

After chilling out most of the day we went to bed early in anticipation of our excursion the next day.  We awoke early Friday morning and made it back to the airport but this time with Erica on our way to Lisbon.  After a short flight we settled into our Lisbon hotel (Fontecruz Lisboa) and then took a walking tour of the city.

The walking tour was great but we are now back at the hotel resting our legs before we head out tonight for further fun at a dinner/musical show found by my ladies.  I love traveling with these women.  They are so great at finding fun things to do.  Lindsay was fantastic on our trip to England/Ireland finding spectacular restaurants.    In New York, Patrice got us $20 tickets to an (at that time) off Broadway show called “Hamilton”.  I heard the show has made to to Broadway and the tickets are now a little more expensive.   Erica is also doing a great job finding stuff on this trip.  The ladies do the work and all I need to do is show up (and bring my credit card).

The hotels have been wonderful so far.  In Madrid we stayed at the AC Hotel Avenida de America and they killed us with kindness.  The rooms were great; they even said that the room mini-bars were free.   We were so shocked we asked again to confirm.  So our mini-bars filled with beer, sodas, water and variety of treats was free.  This would be a true party for many people.  We just had a water and a Kit Kat bar.

Our Lisbon hotel is also fantastic.  We have two wonderful rooms (sorry no free mini-bars here).  I haven’t seen any pets around but I think they must allow dogs because the bathrooms have a dog bath set up (see below).  Or is it for birds?

Time to head out for dinner and our show.  Talk to you later.