Vibrant. Alive. Bring Good Walking Shoes or Buy Some Espadrilles
You're in Spain! Eat jamon at every meal!
Eating in Madrid
In General: Slow down your day. Dinner is late, kicking into gear around 21:00 (9:00 pm). Most restaurants seem to shut down around midnight. Breakfast is also late: God forbid you want a coffee at 7:30 or 8:00. Coffee is not my style at all….Americano style (i.e. weak and thin) with hot milk. Churros (fried, extruded…
This is the inside of the train station. Its amazing. Which is a good thing because I stood in line for 2+ hours to get a stupid train ticket. The ticket queue took longer than the train ride. Suggestions welcome because there has to be a better way.
Drink in Madrid
There are wine bars everywhere. Spanish wine is very good. Craft beer is everywhere. The bottled water isn’t salty like it is in Barcellona. But you’re here to drink vermut (also know as vermouth and elixir of the gods). Sometimes it comes with an orange slice. Sometimes with a pickled onion. In Barcelona you get…
Doing Stuff in Madrid
Walk. Walk a lot. Look up. Marvel at the buildings. Crespo, The Espadrille Store: It looked closed forever when we were there, but Google says its still open. Allegedly the oldest espadrille store in Madrid. **Update: It IS open. Push thru what looks like a window, which is really a door, and you will be…
Sleeping in Madrid
Tons of hotels, air bnbs…all that you would expect from a major European city. We stayed at the Hostal Central Palace Madrid. Don’t let the word “Hostal” throw you..this isn’t your backpacker’s hostel by any means. The hotel is discreetly set into a building that borders the massive and stunning Royal Palace of Madrid. It’s…
