Revisita España 2014 - Day 7

Today we had a full day of sightseeing. It is not as hot as Toledo but still in the high 20's.

Breakfast. We had a walk up Huertas again to the top and chose a cafe on the square. Croissant for Claire and porros for me. Porros are huge fat churros! I managed two of the four.

Our sightseeing included El Corte Ingles, Museo de Jamon, Plaza Mayor, the market then down to the Royal Palace. Somehow we were out for six hours.

We adopted the tapa style of eating and in the market, more a food place now than a real market,  we had some small fish tapa at €1 each. They all came on small pieces of toast. The "pulpo" was quite hard to eat, but the cod meat in a sauce was superb.

On the way back to the hotel we called in the Carrefour. Fanta is €1 as well. Maybe the San Miguel is better value?

After a siesta, we dressed, my chinos got their first outing! We had walked so far in the day we wanted somewhere local. In the end we had a great meal at a Cuban restaurant on Huertas called Colonial.

After a short walk to walk off some of the food we went back to the hotel.

There was a lot of street noise and it turned out the Madrid teams, Real and Athletico, were playing each other in the Spanish Super Cup. I watched the second half on the tiny TV in the room. Athletico won 1-0 on the night and 2-1 overall.

Tomorrow we are off north again for our last night in Spain.