This is my "habitación" in Madrid. I live with my Señora, Veronica, and her 7-year old son, Samuel. We each have our own rooms, and in addition there is a kitchen and living room, along with 2 bathrooms. Our piso is very cute and homey.
On our first weekend in Spain, we traveled to Toledo as a group. It is a beautiful city about an hour south of Madrid. There are laws prohibiting the construction of new buildings because they are preserving the original architecture and character of the city, which used to be Spain's capitol once upon a time...
Alex, Breanne, Courtney, and I enjoyed Churros con Chocolate at la Chocolatería de San Gines. Many madrieleños eat churros con chocolate with friends or family...it's just one of those things they do! And for good reason--you don't know what real churros are until you come to Madrid. The chocolate that you dip the churros in tastes similar to hot chocolate, but a little richer, and much thicker...almost like pudding, but better! Trust me on this...
As Alex and I were roaming the city, we discovered this "secret" (it's no secret after all) heaven on earth, called Mercado de San Miguel. It was a Sunday afternoon, so of course it was bustling. We were absolutely astonished when we walked inside this beautifully sculpted building to find candy, ice cream, wine, beer, fish, bread, sushi, books, and absolutely anything else you can imagine. The atmosphere was positively incredible, and all of the treats looked like perfection. We will definitely plan on returning here...
Ahhh, the tapas. Another thing the Madrileños do is go out for tapas and cañas before meals. Tapas are small, delicious food items that come in adorable little portions. Cañas are glasses of beer--what I chose to drink in this picture was much larger than a caña...a jarra! But the montaditos--little sandwiches--were wonderful! And only 1 Euro each on Wednesdays! What you see in this pic cost only 4.60 Euro...Success!
