Thank the powers that be...

... for creating the V.I.P. lounge at Madrid International Airport.

After our 2 hour flight from Cape Town, a 9 hour wait in Johannesburg followed by a 10 hour flight to Madrid, and facing another 9 hour wait for the 4 hour flight to Cairo, our knees were beginning to buckle a little.

Then we saw the V.I.P. lounge and were able to enter once off, for a small fee (what it would have cost us for lunch out of the lounge area). For this we were able to make use of sleeping rooms, free high-speed internet, essentially unlimited access to food and drinks, tea and coffee, a bathroom, power outlets, spacious lounges and tv.

We are now ready to face our flight.

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and Judy