Flea Markets, Cave eating, and Wandering

Actually slept in a bit this morning - amazing. Still exhausted, but off to the subway (wanted nothing to eat this morning after last night’s carnage!). Headed for the flea market - now that was an adventure. Typical stuff you would see in a flea market, but this thing was huge and sprawled over many streets and there were thousands of people there - total mob - lucky we didn’t get our pockets picked. Spent a few hours wandering there and then walked about 10 minutes to reach Sobrino de Botin, one of the oldest restaurants in the World, if not the oldest. Running since 1732. Famous for it’s roast suckling pig. Since we hadn’t eaten yet, and it was now on 1pm, we were ready. We got to sit downstairs in the cave (bodega) part of this restaurant - , right near the top of the steps that led to the wine cellar which you could see below - hundreds of bottles of wine covered in dust and mold, ready to be served! Actually held my nose and went down there - pics to follow - whew! Some expensive stuff sitting in that cellar! We were served two crusty loaves of bread which were delicious and soon came the suckling pig and potatoes. Crispy and incredibly juicy and moist on the inside - whew - fantástico! Janet had a 1/2 jug of sangria and I had a 1/2 bottle of red wine and we were good to go, except for the ice cream at the end with chocolate sauce. About $100 later and we were good to go! We wandered through the restaurant before we left ‘ multiple floors up winding creeping stairs - a great place to visit. Stopped by the huge ovens where they cook those poor little guys - see pics.(pics will follow shortly - upload speeds are slow in our AirBnB, so is going to take awhile for sure.) Overnight if we’re lucky.Leggi altro