We are getting pretty accustomed to this Spanish lifestyle. After staying out way, way too late last night in Madrid (3:30 to be exact...and there were still plenty of people out the streets), we woke up today at 1:30 in the afternoon!! Needless to say, today has been a little slothy. Is that a word? We just finished watching "I, Robot" with Will Smith...however, in Spanish it is called "Yo, Robot". Fun title huh? Better film than we anticipated.<-----Chocolate con churros - the Spanish often eat this treat for breakfast and swear that it is the best hangover cure.
We stayed up late last night with an friend from Cory's high school, Elizabeth, and dined with her and her friends from an art program in London. It was fun to chat it up with these gals - they are art crazy and had a total blast here in Madrid at the Prado and other fabulous art history sights close at hand. We took them to our favorite restaurant in Madrid - an outrageous and colorful seafood restaurant, called Maceira Pulperia, where they serve wine in bowls! Who doesn't want to drink wine out of bowls!? Following this
fine food, we headed over to La Chocolateria San Gines...where we got drunk off of cups of chocolate and used churros for spoons...it's like a dream we all had when we were kids. However, it almost never fails that when Tim and I sip down one of these cups of rich, dark cocoa that our faces have a breakout the next week. It's worth it though.On Friday we traveled with our roomie, Karin, to a town southeast of Madrid called Cuenca. Las Casas Colgadas, "The Hanging Houses", are this town's claim to fame. It was another charming Spanish town that had some fun local art and is built on a series of cliffs...the houses were constructed in the 14th century. From there we went on our long weekend training run in some hills not far from Cuenca. It was great to be outdoors amoungst the trees and "mountains"... much of the Spain we live life in from day to day surrounds us with concrete.
Es todo para ahora...Besos...
timothymichael&corybrooke
<---Us with "Las Casas Colgadas" and some really dry land in the background. Click HERE for a few more pics...
2 comments:
Those cups of chocolate look amazing! And a bowl of wine would be great too! It sounds like you are really living it up out there, so great to hear from you often and see pictures. Keep the posts coming! Cara M
i love, love, love the pic of you two at the door. timmy, i am liking the hair! way to sport it long.
missing you guys so much. thanks for sharing your joys and adventures with us. love you.
- the welps
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