¡Madrid!

By: Emily Edwards

Basic Facts

Population: 3.1 Million Language: Spanish Religion: Catholic Area (Region not City): 8028 sq. km. Government: Parliamentary (a king and prime minister) Time Zone: GMT(London) + 1 hour/9 hours past Oregon Location (Latitude and Longitude): 41°N and 3°W (roughly)

Eating Schedule (In Madrid)

Daily Eating Schedule

7:30am-10:30am Light Breakfast

2:30pm-4:00pm Large Lunch (often Menú del Dia/ 2 courses) Same time as siesta where people go home and just rest.

5:30pm-6:00pm Snack to Hold us Over Until Tapas

8:30pm-11:30pm Light Dinner (Tapas or Pinchos)

Food! (Breakfast)

Tortilla (an omelette made with potatoes and eggs)

Churros con Chocolate (deep-fried pastries dipped in thick chocolate)

Tostada (grilled + buttered white bread with jam)

Café con Leche (strong coffee with milk)

Food! (Lunch)

Paella (rice dish with seafood and meat)

Jamon! (ham cooked anyway you like, served everywhere)

Mariscos (seafood, often fried) Sopa Castellana (chicken soup

with bread and scrambled egg floating in it)

Huevos Revueltos (scrambled eggs with ham and potatoes or sometimes shrimp)

Food! (Dinner-Tapas)

Gambas a la Plancha (grilled prawns)

Croquetas (little fried balls of ham and cheese)

Tostas (bread, toasted with anything imaginable on it)

Tortilla (served same as at breakfast)

Setas Segovia (stir-fried mushrooms with ham) Eating Tostas outside of El Capricho

Extrameño

Madrid Pastimes

Watching flamenco (traditional Spanish dance from the south)

Watching fútball (Soccer) on Television in Bars or sometimes even going to the games

Hanging out (especially in bars and cafés)

Strolling around the city (mostly in Sol area)

Renting boats and hanging out in Parque Retiro (a large park in the center of Madrid)

Renting Boats in Parque Retiro

Major Places in Madrid

Plaza Mayor (the main plaza in Madrid)

Puerta del Sol (center of Spain in the peoples’ minds)

Plaza de España (plaza near the international section of Madrid)

El Oso y el Madroño (statue of a bear eating off a strawberry tree, main meeting place for many Madrileños in Sol area)

Statue of King Felipe III in Plaza Mayor with a Mural on the Wall Behind It

Street Performers

Lots of Accordion Players! (they belong in Paris not Madrid)

Some Spanish Guitar Players (they usually have nice music)

Mimes (some are actually really good)

Bad Singers in the Metro (once one sang Bésame Mucho, which literally means Kiss Me A Lot)

Artists (mostly on Plaza Mayor with some really cool paintings)

Caricaturists (artists who draw your face comically)

Mud-Mime in Plaza Mayor

Sport Teams

Sport Teams of Madrid Real Madrid-Soccer Atléticos-Soccer Real Madrid-Basketball Estudiantes-Basketball

Stadiums Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

(Real Madrid soccer team plays there)

Estadio Vicente Calderón (Atléticos play there)

Palacio Vistalegre (both basketball teams play there)

Real Madrid Flag hanging in Madeleine’s room

Cultural “Must Do’s” in Madrid

Museo del Prado (the biggest art museum in Madrid with lots of famous paintings)

A Bullfight! Parque Retiro Sitting in a Café in Plaza

Mayor (maybe for only a drink, you pay for the atmosphere)

Staying up in a bar until midnight

Bullfight in Plaza de Toros, Madrid

Our Favorites!

El Diamante (best place for churros and tortilla that I’ve tried)

La Finca de Susana (chef and waiters school with good, cheap food)

El Capricho Extrameño (best place for tostas)

Ricci (best gelato place in the world, even better than in Italy)Eating pallea in La Finca de Susana

Thank You!

Thank you so much for watching this presentation!

©2005 Emily R. EdwardsContact the author at this address:

Plaza de la Paja, 2, 3°, Izquierda

28005 Madrid, Spain

Or by email at: OregonEmily@comcast.net