Madrilicious

As far as I remember it is the first spring season when the temperatures haven’t reached more than 15 degress Celsisus yet and we are still living in our winter wardrobe without any exceptional days. My first spring I got visited by mom and she managed to arrive the weekend of February when the temperature jumped to 20 degrees for [...]

 It’s not always easy to explain the style of cooking in a country to people who have never been to this country. So when a friend from Madrid asked what people eat in Poland (the country I was born in) I couldn’t really explain it. I tried to explain the ingredients they use and that due to the low temperatures [...]

Up till now I am spending much of my free time wandering through Triball and looking for interesting and unique places. One great impression has given me the shop and bar Kikekeller. I wrote a post about the shop with its unique furniture and artistic decoration and want to tell you now, how great a bar it is. It turned [...]

Wandering the streets of Triball, a barrio between Malsana and Gran Vía, I went into the freshly opened Italian Restaurant AIÓ, at Corredera Baja de San Pablo 25. The owners are from Sardinia, who opened a café with a heart for bikes. The place reminded me of Naif in Malasaña but with a different kind  of business idea. They offer pizzas and coffee to [...]

Before I lived in Madrid I made my first experience with an Intercambio at Café Madrid, near Metro Opera, in August 2010. I got a message from an Intercambio host over Couchsurfing to join their meeting and his message sounded tempting: “You can meet new people while having a drink and practice languages”. I didn’t speak nor understand Spanish by [...]