Tapas

First off, yesterday I spent a couple hours at the botanical gardens in Madrid. Everything was bare, nothing was blooming, but it was gorgeous. There were interesting sculptures in the garden, and it was a great way to spend a cold winter day.

Yesterday was the big Futbol game in Madrid. A group of us attempted to watch it at a bar in Plaza Mayor but it was unsuccessful. After walking into three different bars, a couple of us decided to forget about the game and go wander the streets of Sol. We heard about this place called El Tigre. After many wrong turns we found it! This place was amazing! It was jam packed with people, we could barely manuever through the crowds. There was heaps of food all along the counters, legs of ham everywhere, which I found a bit gross, a gigantic boars head was propped on the wall, the music was great, the ambience was fantastic! The best part, for a mere 4 Euros, we each had two beers and a large plate of tapas. For those of you who don know what tapas is, its just a small serving of food to go along with your glass of beer or vino, my first tapa experience was not exciting, i got a plate of piemento olives..but at El Tigre we got Jamon with a tomato paste on top of bread, chorizo, potatoes, and croquettas. It was a cool experience.

Tomorrow we go to Toledo. I have been anticipating this excursion! The Alcazar, aqueduct, the cobble stone streets, ah I can wait!