a busy 1st night in Madrid

It all started with a GREAT dinner at a Cuban restaurant (mmmmmmmmm...) with David, Amelia & her husband Jose, me, and David's wife (my friend from L.A. & Baldwin Village) Keysha,
followed by a long walk to burn some calories; got this shot from Plaza Sol
before we stumbled across the OLDEST restaurant in all of Europe (or so they say) established in 1725
where they let us go down to the wine cellarwhich was also a hiding place during the inquisition


Next we came across a memorial statue

before heading back to the royal palace for a nice night pic
and discovering that Spanish is the exact same as English!!! (ok, ok, some pronunciations are a LITTLE different... :-)
Finally, it was good to discover that there were some places he didn't go

I got home around 2. Promptly went to sleep on a still full stomach and happy day of memories