Day 186

Last night I met Madrid but it wasn't love at first sight. I mean the buildings were ornate. There were people and cafes and holas and adios' but it wasn't what I imagined Madrid to be. Too big and metropolitan and flashy. Too could-be-any-city-europe.

But Today I found what I was looking for. Saturated color. Slanted arches. Fading signs. Crooked cobblestone. Cracks. Imperfections. Traces of another time and another people. And I was happy again.

And hungry again. Because we hadn't eaten in 27 minutes. So Raquel and her amazing friends fed us. There was a lot of paella, whisky and th's and rrrrrr's. 

It was a pleeeeaaaathuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee.