Travel blog: Tapas is the way of the future.

The theory of Tapas is simple, little and often. You have a drink and some cheese or bread with olive oil then move to the next bar and have some good ham with a beer. Then next bar a fino sherry with some olives. Ad infinitum, ad non infinitum.

The maderillos would never think of sitting in one place downing ten pints and then having a kebab. The restless latin spirit keeps them moving and suits the bar hopping lifestyle perfectly.

Its great for us tourists as well as it gives us a chance to sample loads of bars without getting slautered. Having the tapas with every drink means you never get really sloshed. The happy phase of drinking continues for hours!

Took a long walk today down La Gran Via and sampled some of the delights Madrid has to offer. Its fairly traffic heavy. Strike that. Its VERY traffic heavy with every avenue and alleyway crammed with cars vans and mopeds. All of the vehicles show the bumps and scrapes of what its like to live here.

It reminds me a lot of new york but with an actual soul. It has the spirit of Paris without the endless tourist traps and the friendlyness i felt in Berlin.

I feel welcome here, which is not something im used to feeling as a tourista!