Chocolate con Churros at 7.30 a.m.; couldn´t wait for the hotel breakfast at 9 a.m. For the uninitiated, that´s a cup of hot chocolate with a plate of long deep-fried pastries you dunk in it. I´ll post some pictures when I get home.
Owing to the risk of swine flu, Spanish people are being advised to greet their friends with a handshake, rather than the traditional ´dos besos´(two kisses)
They don´t seem to be taking much notice, though!
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Those churros look fantastic. I saw them on the travel channel. Do they taste as good as they look?
By: Selma on September 24, 2009
at 1:14 pm
They do if they´re dunked in drinking chocolate so thick you could stand a spoon up in it. I´ll post some pictures here when I get home, & I´ll be doing an article about them for ´Global Foodie´.
By: travelrat on September 25, 2009
at 10:00 am
They look really decadent—and decadent usually means delicious!
By: viviennemackie on September 29, 2009
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Decandent also usually means expensive … but this isn’t. €2.50 if I remember right.
By: travelrat on September 30, 2009
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Love those churos – I remember the horchata and fartons on Valencia were a similar idea – I think it’s supposed to be a sweet fix when you’d been out partying all night in Spain.
http://www.heatheronhertravels.com/the-sweet-taste-of-horchata-in-valencia/
By: Heather on her travels on October 4, 2009
at 10:17 am
Hi, Heather!
Glad you could make it; welcome aboard!
Yes; it is *alleged* that, in Madrid, it serves as a pick-me-up between partying and work … which most madrileños/as I know strongly deny!
By: travelrat on October 4, 2009
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