Sunday to Wednesday 22 to 25 September 2024
Andrew arrived and we settled in for the training for the L’Order Mondial Gourmet Degustateur International Grande Chapitre. As Andrew arrived late Saturday night and Lady P departed for Porto early Sunday, we really were ships in the night. Sunday morning the apartment was a boys house. A walk around the neighbourhood and a visit to Alberto's for lunch, was then topped off with some sherries at la Venencia. Here the waiter put his hand over Flashy’s phone to prevent him from taking a picture.A very dangerous move indeed. However, the story is that the
bar was a hotbed of communista during the revolution and all patrons were afraid
of being photographed, for fear of execution. So Flashy let it go. The eye
contact said it all. On departure Flashy paid in cash. The waiter gave him the
thumbs-up and a smile. No tip though, we’re all comrades here!
Monday saw us doing a tour of the Royal Palace, which was
well done and interesting. Very hot in the afternoon and very thirsty too. We
limped home to a good cook up with chicken and salad, as a certain member of
the party was pretty sick of pintxios and tapas by now. Andrew made it to 9.00
pm and crashed. Next two days we are building up to 11.00 pm so he can enjoy
the weekend.
Tuesday we departed la Latina in a cab for Alcala de Henares, the beautiful city 40 minutes east of Madrid, the site of the Mondial. We are in a lovely two-bedroom apartment overlooking Calle Mayor and all the nice restaurants and designer shops.
We went for a walk and then had a nice lunch of
garlic prawns and Heuveros Rostos – fried eggs on a bed of chips and jamon
slices and a nice bottle of Albirino. Tonight we will search out a nice, sit-down restaurant and
not have any more bloody tapas!
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