More meat feasts in Madrid

Madrid
Weather:  more heavy pressure on midriffs giving way to zero temps at night

Chance to sit on the bus and relax.  We spent time in Madrid a few years ago and really enjoyed it - name drop - we spotted Tim Robbins coming out of the Centro de Arte, or it might have been the Prado, can't remember now, so much culture!  We even had a special meal at the Opera (on expenses), after the Maitre d' kindly leant the men some jackets and ties to replace their anoraks.  


So today was a chance to just enjoy the atmosphere of the city.  But we also followed a Silvia recommendation and had Cocido for lunch at La Bola restaurant.  It’s a kind of stew served in an earthenware pot.  You start with a bowl of noodles and the waiter pours the liquid from the pot over the noodles to make a delicious soup.  When you finish the soup the waiter empties the very tender meat, garlic, potato, chorizo, chick peas and of course pork fat into your bowl.  Typing this up 7 hours later I am still full and it hurts to even write about food.  We agreed that the Spanish must find our food extremely boring.  But that finished us off for the day and after a lie down in the park to recover a little we caught the bus home.

PS to Sharon, think I've changed the settings so you can comment without faffing about now.

For Lindesy and David - a reminder of hamming it up with you in France