Madrid!

We only spent about 24 hours in Madrid, but it was a very positive experience. We asked our bus driver to recommend place to grab a bite to eat. He said to go left about 200 meters and we would come upon a good restaurant.

So we headed off. But there didn't appear to be much of a sidewalk and we had to cross a highway. We weren't sure if we were headed in the right direction, but we double checked with a taxi driver and he said, "Si."

It was a pretty walk.

With flowers.

There was a hill to climb.

It helped us to work up an appetite.

At the restaurant, Luke got leg of suckling lamb. Yes, he did. He gobbled it all down.

The waiter brought us a delicious free dessert and some free after dinner drinks. The above Orujo is a very strong brandy made in the Galicia area of Spain, where we will be walking the Camino. This stuff will give you a buzz on a full stomach.

I had the delicious and less potent Crema version. After dinner, a grandma at the table behind us told Luke he was handsome and then her cute (4-year-old) granddaughter gave Luke a candy bar. It was a very warm welcome to Spain.