This is our second and last day in Madrid and we had no plans.
Having gotten to bed very late last night, we slept in. The first thing that we did was to walk about 30 minuites to the huge train staion as we were told it was a place to see. Well we saw it and moved on!
Then we took an Uber to an amazing food market, with lots and lots of food for
sale and lots of people as it was lunch time.
When you see the video, you will understand.
We found 2 seats and Ed went multiple time to get different Tappas,
including wine of course, for lunch.
It was fun eating and people watching.
After that we walked to the main Basilica of the diocese only
to find out that it was not going to open until 6:00pm.
So we walked towards to very large steeples only to find out
it was the main government building!
At this point we were in one of the larger squares so we
relaxed with cokes and enjoyed the sun.
It also just happened that there were more scarf vendors in
this square that anywhere else we had seen so Barb was able to find a few new
scarfs to add to her “collection.”
Then we took an Uber back to the hotel, rested and then we
out to dinner.
There is one major waling street that is lined with bars and
Tappas restaurants and that is where we went for dinner and it was very
enjoyable.
We ate at 7:30pm in this delightful restaurant that we found last night. Tat is very early for the local crowd you normally eat around 9:00pm and by the time we finished it was getting very crowded.
The manager brought us 2 carmel liquor shots to finish off the meal - wow they were good.
Madrid is a big, bustling city and while some people
said we would like it better than Barcelona, we did not.
We have been here now once and have no plans to go back.
Tomorrow, we leave to come home and will be arriving in Chicago
at 2:20pm on Iberia Airlines and will take a Hertz car home from there.
See everyone soon.
