A Not So Traditional Thanksgiving

After our busy day, we decided to take it easy. We spent some time in our favorite café again. Then we did some grocery shopping for our Thanksgiving meal. We had lunch at the apartment and shortly after ventured out to explore another part of the city.

Yesterday, we chose Parque el Retiro and the neighborhood surrounding it. Our first stop was la Puerta de Alcalá, a beautiful archway over one of the most important intersections in Madrid. This is also at the corner of the park. We made our way, just winding through the paths and came to Monumento a Alfonso XIII, which is on a big pond where people can rent rowboats.





Then we continued our walk and stumbled upon a "Crystal Palace", an old greenhouse that is now part of the Reina Sofia museum.








We also stopped at its sister building in the park that made a beautiful tile work exterior.


Inside, there was an exhibit showcasing René Daniëls work. We think it was from the Post Modern Era, but it wasn't really our style.


After, we walked through the park and found an incredibly well-kept and gorgeous rose garden.


When we reached the end of the park, we decided to walk the exterior streets to see the neighborhoods surrounding it. One of the areas was particularly chic, and we waved hello to the hotel Scott and Bill stayed when they visited Martin.

Found our way back to the apartment with just our good senses of direction. We discussed our Thanksgiving menu. Started dinner around 7pm. Our form of Thanksgiving dinner wasn't necessarily traditional, but it was plentiful. We prepared sliced turkey rolls with manchego and jam, another version of turkey rolls with mustard and avocado, sautéed rosemary/garlic potatoes, a beet salad and two Valhrona truffle chocolates (we have been carrying since Tournon).





It was delicious and a good alternative to Thanksgiving in Madrid, although it made us miss all of you even more.

- Martin & Kate

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Location:Madrid, Spain