First, a BIG welcome to you to our little ALL SPAIN Message Board!

I'd be thrilled to meet you at, say, El Brillante for a big, cold glass of San Miguel (because they don't serve Mahou there) to go along with a humongous bocadillo de calamares and some patatas bravas on the side. Mmmm.. Too bad their terraza is still closed.

But you've come to the right place as we have many many message board members who are Spaniards and non-Spaniards living in Madrid.

Get yourself a friend, rent a row-boat, and go paddling across the Retiro Park lake. I've always wanted to do that but still haven't. Unbelievable, I'd say. Looks like so much fun. Good luck!

Saludos, MadridMan