One thing about travel, and life in general, is that you always have to be prepared for "things" to happen.  It's how you handle those times that has a bigger impact.  We were visiting the Royal Palace on our first full day in Madrid.  We rented the audio tour which we highly recommend since you learn so much more. So, the tour begins in this very large courtyard and then you go inside for the magestic Palace.  Dennis and I both wear hearing aids, yes I know we look much too young for that..., but somehow I lost one of my hearing aids in the process of putting on the audio tour.  We enjoyed the tour immensely and then proceeded to visit the city some more.  It wasn't until several hours later that I realized that I had lost something.  Knowing the mileage we had covered, I felt at a bit of a loss to know where to start looking for my missing, but valuable hearing aid. Long story short, I decided that if this was the worst thing that happened to me in life, then I was pretty fortunate.  The next morning, I decided to go on a whim and speak to the Hotel Clerk about my predicament.  Keep in mind that sometimes conversations can get lost in translation, I asked her if she would call the Palace for me and check with Lost and Found.  Guess what... miracles abound and somehow my little tiny hearing aid was in the middle of this very large stone courtyard and some kind soul saw it (before it was stepped on) and turned it in.  I couldn't thank Marta enough at the Hotel Moderno for going out of her way to help me.