Adventure 1 - getting ourselves from the Madrid airport to our first AirBNB apartment. Three metro trains and a lot of walking later, we found our place in the Numancia neighborhood of Madrid. We had some time to kill before meeting up with our host so we stopped by Mercadona, a grocery store we passed on the walk from the metro.
Once we got into the apartment, we took a much needed siesta - does a 4 hour nap count as a siesta? After waking up we decided to explore the neighborhood and try to find a tapas bar for some food and cervezas. We walked up and down the main street, explored some side streets, but decided to go to a small bar we had passed on the walk back from the market. Casa Ibericus was a great choice. We tried Mahou beer on tap, and got 2 tapas plates - pollo con ensalada and tostada jamon. Both dishes were delicious - especially the pickled egg in the salad. Nice touch. The waiter asked what we thought when he took away our empty plates, and I confidently answered "mi gusta!" Wrong. Clearly those 7 years of Latin didn't translate to Spanish. I'll stick with "bueno" from now on.
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