Saturday 20 September 2014

Churros in Madrid

      


Madrid is one of the largest cities in Europe and has some of the best galleries in Spain.  
When we arrived here from Granada we went directly to the earliest restaurant in the world, founded in 1725, called Calle de Cuchilleros.  There was so much atmosphere and the food was wonderful, specialising in roast baby lamb and suckling pig.  The city of Madrid itself is full of magnificent buildings, palaces and churches.  There is quite a lot of reference to Don Quixote in statues.
We were told that the best churros, see above sketch, are from the San Gines restaurant.  The churros are like a deep fried pastry and you dip them in chocolate.  We did go to this churros place and they were great, freshly made, piping hot and the chocolate was thick and good.



This is a sketch of the side entrance of Museo Navional del Prado.  I had spent the morning in Museo Nacional Centro de rate Reina Sofia which holds art from the 20 th century like Picasso, Miro and Dali.  After that museum I needed to sit down so went up to the Prado and did the sketch.   As you can see the sky was a bit dark, looking like rain.  I ran out of time and didn't get in to see the Prado as was meeting the others to have churros and since I was starving, that was a priority.  
There wasn't enough time in Madrid, another visit is needed.  next stop Barcelona.

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