Play Freebird

Last night, we went to the Plaza Mayor, which is effectively the busy, downtown square in Madrid.  The whole place was full of people, with restaurants and shops along the four sides of the main square and in all the walking paths leading to it.  The destination was a restaurant we’d be having a traditional dinner in, and since we’re Americans in our group (and two Canadians), we had the run of the place for what Spaniards would consider the early bird special.  

The big highlight of the evening (aside from the amazing food) was the Tuna music.  The singers/guitarists came into the room where we were eating and played some songs, taking requests from the group.  

Thankfully, the suggestions were pretty standard.  Besame Mucho was the first request, followed by Despacito.  I was glad no one suggested Livin’ La Vida Loca, though I am sure they would have played that.  Thankfully, no one yelled out “Play Freebird,” as is so often the case when musicians take requests.  I am going to try to put a link in here to my audio recording.  If it doesn’t work, I will update it when we get home: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nv_125dSS9s16RFf2ibgTva9g9adn719/view?usp=drivesdk

Fingers crossed on that one.  If it works, you’ll hear what we heard. 

The rest of the night was great.  Cas and I let the rest of the group head back to the hotel without us, and we wandered around the plaza a bit.  We had a cider, took a selfie in front of the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the world and found our way back to the hotel using the subway system.  Cas is remarkably at ease figuring out how to use mass transit in foreign countries, which is perfect, because the prospect is a daunting one to me.  We got back to the hotel and had a glass of wine before we headed to the room, and now, we’re getting ready for our trip to Toledo.  It should be an all day affair, but we’re ready for it.  

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pfA2563myHYwVp6U7