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So we had a few hour layover in Madrid so decided to head into town to try some tapas. It was easy (about 45min) by metro to reach La Latina – the area in town to try tapas. Just remember that lunch doesn’t start until about 1:00pm (at the earliest) and more likely, 1:30pm. La [...]

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Cerveceria Catalana is a pretty good place to try tapas. Just don’t arrive like we did at 12:30 pm and mistakenly think that the pito (the small sandwiches piled along the bar) are the tapas. In fact, that is the breakfast food and as we sat there – all the pito were cleared out to [...]

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There is a reason why this spanish tapas place isn’t busy. The only good thing about this place was that you didn’t have to wait in line for a table by the window and the service was fast and friendly.

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