I was back in Madrid just recently, this time at least when the weather was much warmer to present at the XP2011 conference. It was a busy time for me, where I had two presentations, a tutorial and a workshop to run in the four day conference. Fortunately I had prepared them all in advance and felt really comfortable with the material that all of the sessions ran rather smoothly.

I was expecting Spain and Madrid to be much warmer than it was the last time I visited, though not quite as warm as I still had hoped. The conference hotel was yet to open their pool. In fact, they were yet to fill their pool. Apparently it’s a local legislation thing. However the weather was pretty much perfect for casual walking around. It reminded me very much of a Brisbane winter. Perfect for a conference go-er and tourist.