Jennifer Garcia-Alonso
I am the co-founder of The Purple Passport (http://www.thepurplepassport.com) and companion blog (http://diary.thepurplepassport.com). The site covers the hippest and most interesting spots in major cities throughout the world, and discovered first hand through my travels. I am an American living in Abu Dhabi, with my Spanish husband. I love to read, run marathons, and cook Spanish food!JennThePurplePassport
Travel Blog Posts
October 27th 2010
img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3464706987_f5d5813409.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid, Spain " MADRID, SPAIN - This is the fifth in a series where I dish on all my best Madrid secrets! For an overview of Madrid and tips on Madrid hotels, museums, and sights/shopping, check out the previous posts on The Diary of The Purple Passport Let’s face it: no matter how much fabulous art, architecture, and fashion Madrid holds, its prime enticement is its cuisine. Who doesn’t step off the plane practically salivating for tapas? Whether you’re at a formal restaurant or a modest snack stand, the cuisine here is consistently delicious, but on the whole not particularly fussy. Madrid is a surprisingly meat and potatoes place if you eat local. Some of my go-to standards are the tortilla española (... read more
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