Martin is not in Madrid

If you don’t know what tapas are, you are missing a lot! They are snacks served with drinks in Spanish bars. It’s really nice food, usually some small sandwiches, pieces of seafood, croquettes, potatoes with some sauce, olives, tortilla de patatas, and many more. Tapas are usually served between 9PM and midnight, and sometimes free, sometimes not. But they are usually quite cheap dinner (and sometimes free [-;). Sometimes you can also see the name reción which are tapas, but in bigger amount, and they are paid.

I also have to say, that I quite like food in Spain. There is lot of sea products which I can eat every day at every occasion. Also we have free food in school as encouragement for all Erasmus students to come to school, and I cannot complain in cafeteria in school since it’s free. The only complain is that Spanish food is swimming in the oil. I like that they use lot of olive oil; however not all the time. And I really don’t understand why do they pour so much oil to foods. Maybe they think that it’s such healthy thing, as my Portuguese friend was trying to explain me. I don’t trust it. It’s just oil…

Well, why am I talking about food now? Last week visited me my brother Pepa, and also Thorsten’s sister Bettina, so we went couple of times to eat in the city which is really nice experience. I post pictures from tapas restaurant close to Calle de Huertas, but I cannot recommend it since they tried to rip us off. I also include pictures from Galician restaurant which is excellent, and is located also in Calle de Huertas. Also one more thing not common for me as person from the central Europe is that in Madrid you have to wait sometimes before restaurant before you can come in, and get the food. Once we were waiting about one hour to get food. Well, we were drinking beer, so it didn’t matter so much, but you should be prepared anyway. But anyway as we say en Madrid se come de puta madre… [-;

Bettina, Pepa, and me in front of this Galician restaurant

Mussels I

Mussels II.

Me, Pepa, and Bettina

Tapas – fish at the bottom, and small sendwiches on the right side, and some salad.