First morning in Madrid, seeing bright blue sky after a week in London is a bit of a novelty, although it’s quite a bit colder in early morning, about 1c. Our apartment is in this awesome old building, our one is just above these massive kick arse doors. Sunrise here is also quite late at 8:30 am, not really surprising considering we are an hour ahead of London on European time but also further west.
According to Wikipedia, Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and Roman Catholic monk. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the popular character of Don Juan originates.
We had breakfast just around the corner at a place the apartment host recommended. Coffee was quite good. Emma and I Had a great granola and yoghurt bowl, Sharon had the most amazing and delicious cinnamon rolls.
I Wandered down into the metro which is right next to our building and purchased a couple of local transit cards.
After breakfast we cruised through the Reina Sofia museum, Sharon ticked off multiple artworks she wanted to see. Emma and I left early to walk through the near by park and up to the King Alfonso 12th Monument. Walked back down to the museum and grabbed some lunch Jamón and cheese (YUM), then took one of those hop on hop off buses around the city.
Bit of a rest in the apartment before heading out for dinner, cracked open a bottle of local red wine. Strangely the apartment only has one proper wine glass so we ended up drinking from small dessert bowls. Where there is a will there is a way…
Later in the evening we took the metro a few stations north into Madrid and had dinner at Las Tortillas de Gabino that was recommend to us (thanks Alberto!) Food was fantastic. Definitely eating our way across Europe !
It's all about the coffee 