8 hours in Madrid (Pre-flight )

We have wanted to visit Malta for ages and the stars aligned for a trip to celebrate Paul’s birthday and Thanksgiving this year. We have enjoyed taking the high speed train from Malaga to Madrid so we decided to build in 8 hours in the capitol city before our flight to Malta.
On a previous visit we didn’t have time to fully appreciate the Thyssen Art museum so this was our main focus. We ended up staying in the “La Letras” neighborhood https://www.spain.info/es/lugares-interes/barri… for its proximity to the museum and charm!
Before reaching the museum we stumbled across a tapas bar and were talked into the grilled octopus (which was delicious!) Hearing that it was Paul’s birthday, the owner treated us to a biscotti-style brownie with a candle for dessert!
The museum was wonderful, we’ve included some of our favorites in today’s photos.
After a great dinner at Bakan (Mexican) we enjoyed ‘vermouth on tap’ at Revoltoso Prado.
We are off to a great start!Les mer