Unlike NYC with grids the streets in Madrid are somewhat difficult to navigate if you like to explore the town on foot like us. Most of the streets look alike as we keep asking ourselves ... did we not just pass through here a while ago? What you see are two streets next to our hotel, see what I mean?
Taste of Spain has picked the right time as it is Indian Summer here, with day time temperature up to the mid 20s, down to 15C in the evenings. It is perfect and there is always a breeze so we hardly sweat.
In the city map all we see is a maze of large and small streets or 'Calles' except for Grand Via, the main drag. The Cantonese saying ... 'all key roads lead to Rome' ... is most relevant here as the grid-less streets seem to all end up at one of the key Puertas or Plazas. We walked about 4-6 hours everyday since October 1st albeit a losing battle to counter our calorie intake.
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