First I can't thank Gore enough for all the help he gave me on what was my first(but not last) trip overseas. If you ask him a question he gives so many details and links to sites it's amazing. Thank you sir.:bow:
Now, we had an amazing trip. We took off from Charlotte and stopped in Italy for a couple hours before landing in Madrid. After starting at 6am, it was 31 hours later before I got any sleep. So, the first day was an awesome shower and sleep.
The next 2 nights were spent in Leon. Just a great great town with history all around. The folks here are fairly short relative to what we are used to and with my being 6'7" and my wife being over 6' we did get stared at like they were trying to see if we were storming the village to take over.
The next 3 nights were in Segovia. Land of the almighty roast baby pig. All the hype is true. The roast baby pig is absolutely the best pork I've ever had. We had the deep fried version as well but aside from tasting like REALLY good pork chops it couldn't stand up to the flavor of the cochinillo. Everybody talks about the crispy skin, but they just don't convey it well enough. So, here goes..... Think of perfect crispy chicken skin and make it pork skin. It has the crisp brittleness of a lays potato chip so that as soon as you touch it with your fork or knife or whatever it breaks right through. If a city could be my soulmate....it would be Segovia.
The last 2 nights were spent in Madrid prepping for our journey home and we DID NOT want to go. But, with a fantastic view of the Royal Palace from our room and a fantastic final meal of cocktails, wine, T-bone steak and quite possibly the best potato croquets and pork loin I've ever had I couldn't ask for a better way to say goodbye.
I have way too many pics to post here, but here's the link to my flickr page so you can follow along via pics. And no, unfortunately there are no food pics. My camera was too big and goofy to pull out while we were eating and she had very little interest in taking pics with her phone while delicious food was in front of her. We got a couple, but getting her to send them correctly to me from her phone is proving difficult.:mrgreen:
Her ya go.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskChngNM
Now, we had an amazing trip. We took off from Charlotte and stopped in Italy for a couple hours before landing in Madrid. After starting at 6am, it was 31 hours later before I got any sleep. So, the first day was an awesome shower and sleep.
The next 2 nights were spent in Leon. Just a great great town with history all around. The folks here are fairly short relative to what we are used to and with my being 6'7" and my wife being over 6' we did get stared at like they were trying to see if we were storming the village to take over.
The next 3 nights were in Segovia. Land of the almighty roast baby pig. All the hype is true. The roast baby pig is absolutely the best pork I've ever had. We had the deep fried version as well but aside from tasting like REALLY good pork chops it couldn't stand up to the flavor of the cochinillo. Everybody talks about the crispy skin, but they just don't convey it well enough. So, here goes..... Think of perfect crispy chicken skin and make it pork skin. It has the crisp brittleness of a lays potato chip so that as soon as you touch it with your fork or knife or whatever it breaks right through. If a city could be my soulmate....it would be Segovia.
The last 2 nights were spent in Madrid prepping for our journey home and we DID NOT want to go. But, with a fantastic view of the Royal Palace from our room and a fantastic final meal of cocktails, wine, T-bone steak and quite possibly the best potato croquets and pork loin I've ever had I couldn't ask for a better way to say goodbye.
I have way too many pics to post here, but here's the link to my flickr page so you can follow along via pics. And no, unfortunately there are no food pics. My camera was too big and goofy to pull out while we were eating and she had very little interest in taking pics with her phone while delicious food was in front of her. We got a couple, but getting her to send them correctly to me from her phone is proving difficult.:mrgreen:
Her ya go.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskChngNM