After our usual breakfast buffet we decided to go to a laundromat near Antón Martín to do the laundry we’ve accumulated so far. It was nice, with Elecrolux machines, and everything was done within an hour. Afterwards we weren’t totally sure exactly what we wanted to do, so we started walking in the direction of my old neighborhood up Paseo de Castellana. We went by the Plaza de Colón, and then up to Alonso Martinez, eventually on to Plaza de Olavide. From there we walked back to the hotel, and relaxed until we went out for dinner.

We went back to Terra Mundi again. This time we got a different waitress that wasn’t nearly as good. The food was still excellent. I got pulpo again, and David got codillo, which is a pork joint with its meat, slow cooked. It was extremely good meat, very tender. Afterward, with a half bottle of wine each in us, we walked up to the Cibeles fountain and fought for some space to take photos. The Palacio de Cibeles used to be the Palacio de Comunicaciones, but they have mostly retooled it as an exposition space. It is very iconic for Madrid, right alongside Cibeles herself.