Hal is here visiting right now so I'm not going to post much, but we had a very Madrileño day today so I figured I would put up some pictures of it until I can actually post about what we're up to.
This morning we woke up late and went to the Prado (which I don't have a picture of). Then pregamed the aforementioned Mercado San Miguel with a bocadillo de calamares (calamari sandwich). Then at the market we tried a little bit of a bunch of things... toast topped with bonito and roasted red peppers, sweet burrata topped with avocado, croquetas filled with goat cheese, croquetas filled with squid, pickled eggplant, olives, sangria...
Then we went and got churros y chocolate at the most famous churrería in Sol...
...and then rented a rowboat on the lake in El Retiro.
Some of us relaxed...
...others of us rowed. (just kidding we switched off).
We had what Hal called a very "New York Times 36-hours" day (referring to the 36 hour guides to cities where you do all the touristy but still kinda hip things in a short amount of time). But then instead of going out to dinner at some random restaurant, we came home and had a lovely dinner with my host family. Eva's really been going all out with dinners (tortilla española, different types of spanish cheese and roasted green peppers tonight) because Hal's here. They're all so excited to have him and clearly I am too. Random sampling of other things we've done since he got here last Thursday: go to my classes (ugh), see the Rastro (outdoor Sunday fleamarket) and snack on tapas with my host family, wander around the neighborhood Malasañas, go to the biggest club in Madrid, eat Thai and Mexican food... and there's still so much left on the list! Will update more soon.
Besos,
Anjuli
P.S. futbol pictures!
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