The town El Greco had loved

  Toledo can be reached from Madrid by bus or train.
If you would like to go to Toledo by bus, you should take metro line No.6 and go to Méndez Alvaro of closest station of Madrid South Bus Station (Estación Sur de autobuses).
In case of by train, it's OK to go to Atocha station.
I suggest you go there by bus rather than train.
According to the guidebook, you are likely to have a lot of trouble with getting to old town from railway station if you do by train.
However, if you are tired or pressed for time, you might book a local guided tour like us.
When you come to Madrid by night train, even more so.
Therefore there is an announcement about next station in Spanish in the metro.
It is announced by machine talking, for example, "¿Dónde está la siguiente estación? (Where is a next station?)" at first and then "Gran Vía."
Hence, unless you miss hearing the station's name, it's no problem.
Finally, when you buy the metro ticket, you should choose coupon ticket as already stated.

  It is very convenient that departure terminal of tours of Julia Tours is along the  Gran Vía.
Julia Tours operated a tour of Toledo twice or three times a day: half-day in the morning (leaving at 8:30 between April and October), half-day in the afternoon (leaving at 15:00) and full day (leaving at 9:30 and lunch included).
Since we booked tour of hald-day in the afternoon, it was fit to dissolve lack of sleep these days.

  It is said that the highlight of Toledo is The Cathedral and St. Tomé Church.
Of course we also visited these tourist attractions, but we had time to see them for only about 1 hour.
Hence, if you behold the old town of Toledo, you might come here by independent trip.
Therefore this tour spared the time to go and back for 3 hours and shopping in the souvenir shops for 1 hour.
Anyway, I thought it is important that we make good use of package tour too when our trip is nearing an end.
If anybody is sick in bed, they will lose their shirt, right?

While hearing a "cante (Flamenco singing)"...

  In Tokyo, McDonald's usually open at 7 in the morning, it seems to do at noon in Madrid on the other hand.
Instead, beer is not sold in Tokyo, but sold in Madrid.
Which one do you like?
Therefore both of one's staff can hardly speak English.
But it is best way to learn the local language by eating and bedwork, right?

  You may make a tour of Palacio Real (Royal Palace) by English or Spanish guided tour (duration: about 40 minutes).
Since here is one of the tourist attraction of Madrid and it is worth seeing that are luxurious interior decorations with some sculpture and ornamental article, you might come here by fair means or foul.
Of course don't miss Prado Museum (Museo del Prado)!

  As the end of our trip approached, we worried what souvenir we should buy.
Gran Vía is biggest shopping mall in Madrid, and besides, there was big department store then.
These were El Corte Inglés and Galerías Preciados.
But both parties hardly understood English, I had trouble in shopping.
By the way, if you would like to be looking for a public toilet anywhere, you might learn Spanish word "cervicios (means toilet)" at least because the locals can hardly speak English.

  If you would like to see a Flamenco Show, you might ask a staff of lodging or tourist information to book one.
But in case of staying budget hotels, you might think most of staff can hardly speak English.
If you try to ask them about Flamenco Show in Spanish, for example, it's OK to say the following;
"Quisiera ver una obra de flamenco. (I'd like to see a Flamenco Show.)"
"¿Dónde eatá tablao más cercano? (Where is the nearest tablao near here?)"
"¿Puede usted reservarme Torres Bermejas? (Could you reserve Torres Bermejas?)"
Well, if they understand "tablao" and "reserva (means reserve)" that you say, you may somehow make a reservation.
All right, let's try anything!
By the way, you may go back by taxi or foot.
If you take the metro, you are obliged to leave in the middle of the show, right?

Hasta luego (See you)!

  At last it seems that the day when we return to Japan came on.
I felt lonely somehow as I thought our pleasant trip come to an end at any moment.
In the plane is almost empty unlike coming to Madrid.
When it became like this, I was glad that I could lie on a row of the seats.
It seemed that the flights for Japan get uncrowded when September comes the same as last year.
Well, it was lucky for us, right?