Highlights-Madrid Day 3

I went to the Mercado de San Miguel when it opened at 10:00am. This was my first time going before it gets mobbed noon to 3pm and again in the early evening. It is in the heart of the tourist area and has many tables for munching and drinking what you’ve purchased. I worked on projects in the apartment until 3pm when I went out for coffee and canoli. Last stain update: I followed some chatGPT recommendations for stain removal from my green pants with limited success (probably needed more reps). I did two calls with friends not in this country (one in US, one in Colombia). This is something I do on trips if I’m not traveling or on a tour (or sleeping). My former practice was to stop all Spanish-English exchange sessions on trips, but I noted that Spanish “immersion” for a traveler often equates to “I’ll have one of those” in a café or restaurant (what I call “transactional Spanish”). Opportunities to discuss evolutionary biology or cultural differences sometimes present themselves when I travel, but they always get interrupted by someone who needs service. The nerve!