Waking up and almost getting on the metro an hour early to go to the huge outdoor market in Madrid, el Rastro, this morning, was a bad start, but the day quickly got better. First, it wasnt raining like it had been for the past 4 days, so that was even enough for me. Alex and I got there right when Rastro opened for prime shopping, but we forgot Spain never opens on time, especially in the mornings... although there were SOME stands waiting for us at 9am. We got almost everything we came for in about 2.5 hours-- except the prints I saw last time (they were really cool sketches of Madrid landmarks from the early 1900s that I was planning to paint for some wall art). I planned to get home around noon so that I could get home to start cooking the big lunch I planned for Elvira, but Alex was meeting up with our friend, Santa, and I decided to join (Im not trying to be cute, thats her name guys). Her grandpa owns a bar nearby and invited us over for a drink and to meet her family. We walked in and everyone behind the counter was either and aunt, uncle, cousin, or brother, and they hooked us up with a ton of tasty tapas. That wasn't even the best part- Santa's grandpa walks in and for the next hour was chatting it up with us- telling us love is the most important thing in the world (he's got 7 children), how beautiful life is, and that the essence of life is communication. He was the most energetic, passionate, and entertaining 81 year old Ive ever met. So much so, we lost track of time, and I got home way later than I planned to start cooking... at least everything starts late here, right?
I somehow became efficient at cooking today and finished everything right on time. The burgers literally came out of the oven right as Elvira's daughter, and her boyfriend were walking in the door from their walk! Everything came out really well, and they all enjoyed it. Elvira loved the sweet potato fries, Ruben had 2 burgers, and everyone thought the name s'more was funny when I explained what it meant-- they kept saying s'more throughout the meal haha.
And of course I make sure an obscene amount of pictures were taken:
No comments:
Post a Comment