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2 Contents elcome to this our 14th edition of the Madrid Metro- politan. Madrid's only English language paper available 3 A Summer Story : Bussaco Wonline and distributed free to over 120 points around the city. You can also download the paper in pdf from the website as 4 - 6 What’s On In Madrid in the Summer well as sign up for articles and our newsletter delivered direct to your mailbox / just send a mail to [email protected] for information on how to do that and our privacy and GDPR policy. 7 Living - Photography In this our summer 2018 edition we feature the talented and award winning photographer Vaydehi Khandelwal. We have a 8 Culture: The Statues, Plaza de Oriente great selection of things to do and see in our What’s On section as well as our regular features including a fab summer recipe to keep 9 Business - Managing your Finances you cool and Barry Walker´s short strory to keep you entertained as you relax in the Madrid heat. 10 Culture - Madrid's Literary Scene Thanks for supporting us and we hope you enjoy reading.

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My Traveler was in Madrid, it Arthur Wellesley later created Vis- is this man was September 26, 2010 count Wellington after the battle of and what the Talavera in August 1809. It was hell is he do- The old part of the City provided left to Wellington that the Penin- ing in Wel- the perfect atmosphere for his re- sula wars were fought, initially lington’s search on the Peninsula wars head of the British and Portuguese quarters – fought between the combined Brit- forces. The Spanish refused to ac- Frog spy is ish, Portuguese and Spanish forces cept Wellington as head of their he” ? Wits against the might of the French own armies instead fighting the gradually re- occupation of Spain in 1807. French alone with humiliating and turning My Spain was once an ally of France, disastrous results. Eventually and Traveler her naval fleet had combined with reluctantly they gave in and ac- found him- the French at the battle of Trafal- cepted Wellington as head of the self in the midst of what he could per thigh. “You are very lucky man gar in October of 1805, which re- three combined forces. only assume was a historical film to be still alive, the bullet missed sulted in a resounding defeat by My Traveler had already visited set. He recognized the military the main artery by millimeters and the British under Lord Admiral the battle sites of Talavera and attire of the British soldiers from even so you lost a huge amount of Nelson. Napoleon recognized the Salamanca and was now on the the time of the Peninsula wars. blood not to mention savage dam- power of the British navy which he road to Portugal to the small town Spot on down to the Brown Bess age to the bone, flesh and mus- knew he could never defeat but if of Bussaco. It was a four hour muskets. BUT …the noise, the cles”. “One very strange thing is he could deny them access to the drive and he booked into the Pal- shouts, the sounds, the smells, that it was not caused by any mod- ports of Portugal on the Atlantic ace Hotel situated on the top of the horses and the rattle of wagons, ern bullet but by an antique lead and the ports of Spain on the Med- Bussaco ridge where the battle was bivouac fires, this was no organ- musket ball. Out of use hundreds iterranean their powers would be fought on the 27 September 1810. ized film set this was for real ! Any of years ago and I am afraid the considerable reduced. After a leisurely lunch My Traveler explanations were cut short, “Ser- police will be wanting to talk with The Spanish King Carlos IV was took a welcome siesta before pre- geant take this man to the rear and you once you are better recov- a weak and uncertain fool and con- paring for a jog along the top of the put him under guard, we’ll deal ered”. The police were neither be- stantly at odds with his son Fern- 10 mile long ridge. He was dressed with him after we’ve dealt with the lieving nor amused at the tale the ando VII. Napoleon played on this typically with designer track suit Frogs”. My Traveler was literally Traveler told, who would, but as weakness and on the duplicity and and trainers. Looping back to the elbow lifted off the ground and there was no trace of evidence of corruption of the Spanish Govern- Hotel he visited the site where ‘frog’ marched to a small group of an assailant or any sign of 200 year ment. With the promise of annex- Wellington had commanded the soldiers milled around a bivouac. old lingering Frenchmen, they re- ing Portugal to Spain Napoleon battle and to the small Convent These were hardened soldiers, luctantly gave up and the incident came with his armies, Carlos IV where he had retired for the night. years of campaigns had worn all logged as unsolved. “Keepsake for was forced to abdicate to France The evening was balmy, My Trave- the sharp edges, they had seen it you” said the doctor handing over and for a short few weeks his son ler was drowsy and he stretched all and this stranger posed no the lead musket ball extracted Fernando became King. Spain was out on a ledge inside the Convent threat only curiosity. “Sit thee from the Travelers leg. The ball a rotten fruit easily picked and Na- and let his mind wander to that down mate and tell us what’s a was heavy, near an inch in diame- poleon placed his brother Joseph evening exactly 200 years ago to fancy pants doing in this neck of ter and no wonder so much dam- on the throne of Spain. the day. CRACK… a very sharp the woods. There’s going to be a age was done. Several days more So began the seeds off what be- and hard blow to the ribs brought right pounding soon, you’ll need in the hospital recuperating before came known as the Peninsula wars him instantly awake and doubled more than a bit o’ luck to come friends from Madrid came over to fought throughout the period 1808 up in pain. Struggling to get his through but with ‘Nosy’ in charge bring him back. They were also to 1814. Napoleon had many expe- breath and totally confused at the you’ve got a chance”. amused at the tale and being good rienced Marshals and Generals, assault all he could discern were a My Traveler told his story, his friends feigned belief so as not to Britain had but two, General group of menacing soldiers milling year 2010 and the Peninsula Wars, disturb the recovery. Months Moore killed at the retreat to Co- around and guns, or was it mus- the battles, even that Wellington passed and additional battle sites runna in January of 1809 and kets aimed at him. “Sergeant who would win – but they knew that, he had been visited. The memory of always did ! A young Ensign joined Bussaco was fading but the limp them, he had pencil and drawing and lead musket ball tied around pad and was known as a gifted art- his neck was a painful reminder ist recording scenes of life in the that could never go away. army, campaigns and battles. The Every Sunday Madrid hosts the strange attire of My Traveler and ‘Rastro’ the biggest open air flea his fantasy stories would make a market in Europe where anything good contribution to his collection. and everything can be bought and NIGHT ATTACK… crack of mus- sold. This Sunday My Traveler was kets, shouts, orders and the troops browsing amongst the second assembling and arming to repulse hand bookstalls when he noticed the enemy. Charging forwards in an old, torn and overlarge book full the teeth of musketry fire My of sketches and annotations in Traveler was caught up in the ex- English. The faded title read citement and was carried along ‘Sketches and Memories of the Pe- unarmed but without any thought ninsular Wars 1808 to 1814 by En- of safety only sheer impulse to be sign the Rt. Hon Russell Tayler part of the fight. WHAM… a mus- artist and recorder to the office of ket fired at short range lifted him Viscount Wellington’. Hands shak- off his feet and then all was black. ing he picked up the book and Then all was white - white room, slowly and carefully leafed through white sheets, a nurse and doctor in the worn pages of sketches, nota- white ? Gradually and groggily tions, diagrams and hand drawn coming around he tried to piece maps. AND THERE… a group of where he was and what he was soldiers sittings around a bivouac, doing, one moment in the middle fading light but the central figure of an 1810 battle the next in a hos- was unmistakable. My Traveler pital room with a doctor at the foot with his designer track suit, train- if his bed reading his medical ers and wrist watch. But it was the chart. The doctor noticed the con- eyes that bore out of the sketch: fusion in the eyes and in a friendly CAPTURED AND FRIGHTENED manner welcomed him back to the IN A PAST TIME AND PLACE world of consciousness. The doc- And the moral of this story: tor spoke in English having seen Don’t get too carried away in the documents the Traveler was dreams past you might not come carrying when he was brought in. back! Brought in to emergency with a very nasty bullet wound in the up- By Barry Haslam-Walker July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan 4 WHAT’S ON THIS SUMMER IN MADRID MadridMetropolitan.com

The Madrid Metropolitan´s selection of the best that can be enjoyed in th the capital this summer. In Lapide Depictum - Until 5 August Prado Museum

Veranos de la Villa 2018 – Until 2nd of September

his exhibition brings to- the Bassanos, reflecting the pro- gether a selection of nine found shifts in artistic techniques eranos de la Villa returns from around the world. As well as Tworks on monochrome in early16th century Europe re- with 75 events in 36 ven- music there is dance – as always stone – slate and white marble - flecting the profound changes be- Vues throughout Madrid flamenco and Spanish guitar fea- fragile works by artists such as Se- ing ushered in by the Renaissance. and this year will be honouring her tures prominently including the bastiano del Piombo, Titian and first post Franco democratically celebrated Gerardo Núñez, who elected mayor, Enrique Tierno. As many view as the heir to Paco de https://www.museodelprado.es/actualidad/exposicion/pintura- sobre-piedra/ef8ddd0c-f7c0-4e75-ba54-22b5af409ec7 always there is a mix of music (a Lucía and dancer Carmen Cortés. curiosity being the Big Brexit That and a host of other cultural Band!) including classical, choral, and sporting events will fill any PhotoESPAÑA 2018 – until 26th August latin, pop and rock with musicians Madrid summer itinerary.

https://veranosdelavilla.madrid.es/

Pedro Almodóvar. Still live. Marlborough Gallery. Alonso Martinez

s in previous summers – addition the “Greatest Show on Madrid becomes the Earth”, which focuses on the world Aworld focus of the visual of the circus, where of course any- arts for the 20th annual PHo- thing is possible and the “Myths of toEspaña with a series of 100 exhi- the 20th Century” Exhibition at s part of the official selec- The images of the exhibition re- bitions featuring 514 artists in 62 the Canal Foundation featuring tion of PhotoEspaña main unedited due to what Al- venues events in the city. As well legendary British portrait photog- A2018, celebrated Spanish modóvar seeks to achieve being as international artists there is a rapher Cecil Beaton, and French filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar the capture of the emotion of the strong Spanish presence most photographer Luis Masson at the presents a series of unedited “still moment. prominently at the Spanish Fash- Lázaro Galdiano Museum are lives” produced in his own home. ion Through Photography Exhibi- some of the highlights of the sea- tion at the Garment Museum. In son. http://www.phe.es/exposicion/still-life-pedro-almodovar/ http://www.phe.es/ Illustrate. Contemporary illustration in children’s literature – Until 9th September - CaixaForum Goo Goo Dolls – 21st July – La Riviera Madrid

rawing together winners from the prestigious International irst visit to Madrid for es” as well as performing some of Illustration Prize in Bologna the exhibition shows award win- American rock band the their hits they have enjoyed over Dning works from the field of children’s literature and illustra- FGoo Goo Dolls who will be the last 30 years. tion. A joy for kids and adults alike. promoting their new album “ Box-

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DJ Martin Garrix – 27th July – Teatro Real Gregory Porter – 23rd July – Teatro Real

eputed to be the world´s Festival which brings Spanish and number 1 DJ Martin Gar- international artists from the Rrix comes to the Teatro world of jazz, flamenco and pop. Real as part of the Universal Music nspirational jazz singer Gre- recently released Nat King Cole & gory Porter will also be star- Me album and which has already http://www.martingarrix.com/ Iring at the Universal Music generated wide applause. Festival, and will be promoting his th Cibeles de Cine – Until 9 September – Glass Gal- http://www.gregoryporter.com/ lery at the Cibeles Palace Ingenia Jazz & Wine Madrid Festival 2018 – 8th, 15th and 22nd July – Teatro Infanta Isabel

must for any movie goer of Casablanca, Annie Hall and he 4th Ingenia Jazz & ing international artists including the 5th Galería de Cristal Some Like It Hot in all their origi- Wine Festival brings to- NES on the 22nd July whose blend Aincludes screenings of nal glory. Bar is open from 8pm for Tgether the best of both and of North African rhythm and con- some of the classic movies ( over refreshments and screenings at this year takes place at the Teatro temporary jazz is winning wide 90 titles) and thankfully in original 10pm as well as the Friday and Santa Isabel featuring three lead- praise.. version so you can enjoy the likes Saturday Midnight Movies. https://gruposmedia.com/cartelera/ingenia-jazzwine-2018-festival/ http://www.cibelesdecine.com/ Fiesta Corral Cervantes – Until 26th August - Steven Tyler – 30th July – Teatro Real Cuesta de Moyano

egendary Aerosmith sing- er and Grammy Award Lwinner Steven Tyler comes to town as part of the Uni- versal Music Festival at the Teatro Real where he will perform some of his many hits as well as pro- mote his new album We’re All Somebody From Somewhere. Voted by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the best 100 singers of all time it promises to be a great evening of rock´n´roll.

fiesta for all ages and the and crafts as well as wine and song http://www.teatro-real.com/es/temporada-17-18/universal-music- festival/steven-tyler whole family celebrating the Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Athrough plays, music, arts Oro). Spanish Athletics Championship – 21st - 22nd July https://corralcervantes.com/

etafe hosts the 2018 The Royal Ballet – 18th -22nd July – Teatro Real Spanish Athletics Tour- nament on the 21st and G ngland´s most prestigious ballet com- 22nd July. Last year five Spanish pany, The Royal Ballet comes to Ma- records were broken so expect drid to perform the classic love story some healthy rivalry for this E of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. year´s tournament.

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The Fiestas of August Forever - The King of Pop – Until 29th July – Teatro Nuevo Apolo

he month of August brings and of course the biggest being La ribute to the late Michael show includes his and the Jackson three Madrid "verbenas" Paloma (12-15 August) in La Lati- Jackson whose untimely 5s greatest hits and has already Tor street fiestas being San na. Dust down your chulapos and Tdeath is still felt across the been enjoyed by over 600,000 Cayetano (2-8 August) in the brush up your chotis for a summer world. The Jackson family backed spectators. Rastro/Embajadores area, San of fun in Madrid. Lorenzo (9-11 August) in Lavapiés, http://www.summummusic.com/forever/

Farruquito – 16th July - Complutense University Bollywood – the colours of India – 21st to 26th August Botanical Gardens - Teatro de la Luz Philips

onsidered by many to be best known as Farruquito per- he acclaimed choreogra- of love and drama unfolds for an the leading flamenco forms at the Royal Botanical Gar- pher Sunny Singh brings audience of all ages with all the Cdancer of his generation den as part of the Nights at the TBollywood to Madrid for colour and excitement of the big Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya, Botanical summer season. Since this celebration of Indian dance screen. http://www.farruquito.com/ and music. A classic Bollywood tale https://gruposmedia.com/cartelera/bollywood-colours-of-india/ July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan MadridMetropolitan.com LIVING - PHOTOGRAPHY 7

An Interview with “Camerawaali” (Vaydehi Khandelwal)

This month The Madrid Met- ropolitan are interviewing Vay- Why is Madrid so special to dehi Khandelwal, who goes by the you? artistic name of: “Camerawaa- I love the vibes of the city. li”, is a visual artist who chose For me, the people make a city photography as a medium of ex- and that's so true where Madrid is pression. concerned. The overall energy of the city keeps you going and thats aydehi completed her what I love about it. Masters in Photography Vand Digital Imaging in What do you like doing in Mumbai and a Specialization in Madrid? Documentary Art Photography in I love walking the streets with Madrid, Spain. my camera, sitting at a cafe and She has been a part of various watch the world pass by. Artist-in-Residence programs in Madrid has so much happening Italy and India and has been asso- that I have and I can spend hours ciated with cinematography and just watching people, making pho- commercial work in Mumbai. tos and of course having a caña or two! The Interview: When did you know Photog- Vaydehi first of all Congratula- raphy would be your career of tions on being chosen to partici- choice? pate in PHotoEspana 2018 and I knew about it at a very young having one of your photographs age of about 17. I started training selected to be displayed in Madrid. much earlier but by the time I was Also this month two of your pho- 17 I knew it was my calling and it tographs have been given an Hon- would soon become my life! orable Mention in 2 categories I grew up seeing my mother with from Eyewin Photography camera and lenses and later my Awards 2018 in India. dad indulged in my fascination of it all..giving me my first camera at You are visiting this sum- the age of 7 and later my first digit- mer - Is this your first visit to al camera which was a Sony 2mp Madrid? one from Japan which nobody had Actually this is my third trip to ever seen or heard of back in India. Madrid. The others were all during winter time.

What are some favorite "All roads lead to SOL!". I love it things about being a photog- ‘cause its one place where one can rapher? get the sense of Madrid as a whole. It lets me express myself. It gives me the freedom to find a new How are you spending your meaning to life every single day. summer? My favorite things about being a I came here in May and have photographer is to interact with been working on an ongoing people, sharing experiences, cap- project called "I Am Alive" which is turing moments and making mem- a part two of my project which was ories. For me, its magical! Its when created in Madrid in 2015 called "I your mind, heart and the shutter Am Very Tired". So I have been button are in sync is when the real walking the streets making photos magic happens and I love that... and apart from that been spending the process and the outcome. time with friends and thinking It makes me learn each time I about my next journey to explore a head out to make photos. It helps little more of Spain. me to know about the world within and the world outside. “At the age of thirteen I held a camera in my hand and Have you a favorite area in everything changed. I knew Madrid? that this was my whole life. Inanimate objects jumped out of nowhere and spoke to me, colors called out to me, black and white became the color of my dreams and the camera and I became ONE.” July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan 8 CULTURE MadridMetropolitan.com WHY THE STATUES, PLAZA DE ORIENTE

Why and what are the two par- The Visigoths were converted to allel rows of toga-attired statues Christianity in 589 AD which gave adorning the Plaza de Oriente and birth to the Catholic Kings of Spain to whom are they dedicated? who endured throughout the peri- od of occupation by the Moors. hey are known as the This Moorish occupation of Gothic Kings. The statues Spain lasted for over 700 years Tare part of a series dedi- from 711 AD to 1492 AD, although cated to all the monarchs of Spain never conquering the catholic during the Gothic period starting Kingdoms of northern Spain. For in 409 AD and up to the time of the the first 375 years, the Moors occu- final expulsion of the Moors in pied approximately two thirds of Spain in 1492 AD. BUT to under- Spain, the next 160 years saw that weight of all the statutes could ro). Several other statutes were stand who the Gothic Kings of occupation reduced to half and for compromise the Palace structure. distributed among various cities in Spain are and where they come the final 246 years only the few Although a few statutes were Spain. from we have to go back into the southern Provinces of Al-Anda- placed on the roof, the reserva- In a city that never sleeps where annals of history, beginning with lucía remained. tions were emphasised by the later hustle and bustle is an integral the decline and fall of the Roman The gradual reconquest of Spain Queen Isabella II and the bulk of part of everyday life, Plaza de Ori- Empire. by the catholic Kings was spread the statues were put into storage ente is a haven of peace and tran- By 409 AD the Visigoths, Ger- over several centuries with legen- for later use. quillity. The landscaped gardens manic tribes from northern Eu- dary hero ‘El Cid’ (famously played Juan Bautista Saschetti, who de- are enclosed in a kind of semi-cir- rope, had swept through Europe, by Charlton Heston in the film of signed the Royal Palace, had plans cular design. It's a leafy area with sacking Rome and filling the vacu- the same name) aiding in the final to build a large square and gardens plants and trees beside broad um of ‘Hispania’ left by the Ro- expulsion of the Moors in the de- to the east front of the Palace to walkways and, together with the mans. This ‘Kingdom of the feat of Granada in 1492. enhance and open up the views– lines of Gothic Kings has, taking Visigoths’ ran from the 5th to the It was the marriage of Ferdinand the future Plaza de Oriente. centre stage, a huge statue of 8th century and extended over all II of Aragon and Isabella I of Cas- Construction, however, did not Felipe IV astride a horse that was of the Iberian Peninsula. tilla in 1469 that marked the unifi- begin until 1808 where it was left modelled from an art piece by cation of Spain and a single to Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon Velázquez. It stands on a large monarchy of the line of Spanish Bonaparte’s brother and King of pedestal and is indeed a striking Kings to this day. Spain from 1808 to 1813. He or- sculpture. SO therein lies the story of the dered the demolition of approxi- Plaza de Oriente is a very popu- why and who are the statues of the mately 60 medieval structures lar place with visitors to the city, as ‘Gothic’ Kings of Spain, but who including a church and monastery well as with local people. Any visit built them and why in the Plaza de and Royal library. Joseph was to Madrid should not be consid- Oriente? deposed before construction was ered complete without a trip to this We start with the Royal Palace of completed and it was later finished grand spacious plaza. There are Madrid (Palacio Real de Madrid), by Queen Isabella II in 1844, who many cafés that line the area the official residence of the Span- brought the statues out of storage. where the visitor may rest a while ish Royal Family. The gardens of the Plaza de Ori- and absorb the atmosphere and The palace is located on the site ente include a sculptural collection enjoy the spectacular views of the of a 9th-century Alcázar, a Mus- of twenty Spanish kings, corre- square. lim-era fortress built in the town of sponding to five Visigoths and fif- A bonus for visitors is to witness Magerit, as Madrid was then teen monarchs of the first the Solemn Changing of the Guard known. King Felipe V ordered a Christian kingdoms of the Recon- complete with martial band which new palace be built on the same quest. These statues are distribut- takes place on the first Wednesday site with construction spanning ed in two rows, which cross the site of every month. the years 1738 to 1755. King Carlos in an east-west direction, on both III first occupied the new palace in sides of the central gardens. By Barry Haslam-Walker 1764. The remaining statutes were dis- FRICS The design of the Palace was to tributed throughout the City in- include adorning the roof parapet cluding the with rows of ‘Gothic’ Kings. A total Sabatini gardens of 96 were ordered, carved and next to the Royal sculpted out of limestone between Palace and the 1750-1753. However, the architect Retiro Park had fears and reservations that the (Parque del Reti- July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan MadridMetropolitan.com FINANCE 9 How are you at managing your Finances? from The Spectrum IFA Group

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“I got my novel published It’s true – I’m not in the heart of thanks to Madrid's literary London, packed with its literary scene”, The Madrid Metropol- events and agents and publishers itan Interviewed Miriam Foley and author evenings. I’m in Ma- for this summers edition. drid, a buzzing city that is home to writers who helped me finish that left the best-paid job I ever book I dreamed of writing, and had in London for the beach- then helped me find my agent and Ies of Barcelona back in 2009. my publisher. It’s also home to a The next stop was Madrid, where I poetry group that’s been going for moved for a job in journalism, a over ten years; a closed critique few years later. A dream come group I never got into; a co-writing true; I would be earning a living group that meets several days a from writing, although I was still week. Three years ago I started an far from writing my words, in what open mic in English so that people would be my novel. What I didn’t could put a voice to their work. expect to find in the smoky Span- There’s also an open mic at Toast. ish capital, hidden among the ter- razas, the jamón bars, the The result of it all, Her Mother’s mercados, was a vibrant literary Daughter, is a dark tale about how scene of English-speakers. I start- family deceit proves too much for ed going to the Tuesday meetings one mother and her 10-year-old of Madrid Writers club in Chueca daughter. Set across two decades (meetings are now held in Café against the backdrop of London Cosmico on Tuesdays at 8pm) and and Ireland, it explores inter-gen- found myself surrounded by writ- erational relationships, mental ers – some with a few short stories health, and abuse. It was pub- published, some with none pub- lished with my nom de plume, Al- lished, some with an agent, some ice Fitzgerald, in April and is now with one or more novels published available on Amazon. – all passionate about writing, about connecting, and about en- @Miriam_Foley has appeared joying a caña or two. in Hello!, Hellomagazine.com, Cosmopolitan.com, Refinery29, The book I had not been writing Hello Giggles, Yahoo Lifestyle, for many years was finally back on Romper, Parent.Co., The Local the table. New writer friends read Spain, Litro magazine. and critiqued it; I rewrote it. Oth- ers read and critiqued it; I rewrote Debut novel HER MOTHER'S it again. Later, they read my pitch DAUGHTER published as letter, synopsis and first three @AliceFitzWrites. chapters; and yes, I rewrote all that too. I had found writing compan- Read what they're saying on ions, mentors, friends, who en- Writing.ie, Cesca Lizzie Reads, couraged and pushed me, and who Books Are My Crutches and Love listened when I got depressed, as Books. any writer does at some or many points along the way. It's on Amazon now! July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan MadridMetropolitan.com ALTERNATIVE VOICE 11 Happy Holidays

It’s that time of the year again, the holiday period desperately holiday time. Not the horrendous searching for free wifi connec- pagan midwinter consumer fest, tions, as they engage in a battle of but summer holidays, the stuff of attrition over phones with parents dreams, long since packaged in who have forgotten what it really is the deepest recesses of our minds to be young and are unable to un- by tour operators, online whole- derstand why a screen is so blind- salers, and chocolate bar adver- ingly preferable to reality. tisers with a penchant for soft The universe becomes trans- porn. Everyone’s at it. Even peo- formed in these hapless summer ple with no money usually man- months. And Madrid is no excep- age a god forsaken week tion. The madrileños are hopeless- somewhere, somehow. If you’re ly addicted to the idea of the Spanish you can always go back summer holiday. The whole city to the pueblo, and thank the Gods disgorges its population through- that your parents migrated to out July and August in a mass exo- Madrid in the 1960s. If you’re dus to the coast. It is not clear why English then you might manage a this should be. Ostensibly it’s to few days at a windswept camp- escape the heat as temperatures in site adjacent to a cold grey mali- the capital hit the high 30s. How- cious northern sea, and sip tea as ever, given that so many people you shiver behind a windbreak. If from Madrid exchange the admit- you actually have some dosh then tedly appalling weather conditions you can head off to the third for more or less the same shit but world and help render mundane with added humidity, it is likely what was once thought to be ex- that more complex factors are at quisitely exotic, along with hun- work. The same factors perhaps dreds of thousands of like minded that supposedly drive herds of adventurers. If you want to do lemmings to hurl themselves over this in some comfort then a fenced steep cliff faces. Part of the fun off resort, preferably patrolled by may lie in the inevitable 3 hour armed guards, is always an at- traffic jam to try and actually get tractive option, especially if all out of the city, coupled with the groups at a pace so slow that their gastronomy that has evolved to see the alcohol you have ever eager anticipation of the seasonal movements can only be captured people through the long Castilian dreamed of is included in the price hikes, and golden beaches by time lapse photography. Gone winter, but is not in any way con- package. full of pissed up Brits behaving in are the people who have made it ducive to survival in central Spain the time honoured manner of pis- their life’s work to block the en- in August. Instead you may want tatistics actually show that sed up Brits. Unless you go to Mal- trances to bars and shop door- to try and sip a little gazpacho, or going on holiday is one of lorca which is actually owed by ways, along with the evil hordes better still the tinto de verano, a Sthe most stressful things Angela Merkel. Wiser souls head who stand on the left hand side of winning combination of cheap red you can do, just behind losing your north to Galicia and Asturias escalators, making time itself wine and lemonade. Who after all job, your mind, or a loved one, and where the greenery provides some stand still, but not in a good way. needs food when your body can only slightly above being under relief to the eye, and where if you There are also less people screech- barely cope with breathing? Even sustained mortar fire, or being know what you’re doing you can ing deeply trivial conversations in- better, many of the shops targeting buried alive. Any fool knows that eat yourself into a state of merciful to mobile phones to evidently deaf hipsters also shut for the summer the secret to success in a long term torpor for well under 15 euros. counterparts, who seemingly need as their core customers spread relationship is to see each other as Madrid of course attracts its to hear every inane utterance twice themselves across the globe, little as possible, and yet the allure own tourists during the summer at decibels that would get a heavy searching for cupcakes, and craft of the family holiday has been period. They can easily be identi- metal festival shut down in the beers, or worse still something drilled so deeply into our psyche fied as the only people foolish blink of an eye. Gone also are most “authentic” in the jungles of Laos, that we are unable to resist spend- enough to venture out onto the of the cars, as the madrileños are or the hills of Tibet. There they will ing 16 hours a day in the company streets between 12:00 and 19:00. mainly out and about inflicting commune with other hipsters and of people who in normal circum- Those Spanish people who opt to their very specific set of driving compare beards and tattoos that stances would irritate the shit out stay in the city are divided clearly skills on provincial Spain. Not that are as generic as the Apple prod- of us after 90 minutes. Children between social classes; those who they don’t face stiff competition ucts that have literally made cor- over the age of 9 are the innocent can afford air conditioning, and from equally inept and suicidal poratism hip. Sadly they will all be victims in this seasonal farce as therefore live in a fridge, and those provincial Spaniards. However, back again come the autumn, and they are torn away from their who can’t. The latter spend most of when it comes to total disregard another decent Madrid bar will friends and all that they hold dear, July and August in a well of deep for other road users, Madrid driv- have become a Greek delicatessen, and forced to enjoy themselves in darkness, blinds battened down, ers will always have the edge, or an Ethiopian coffee house. the company of their parents, who curtains drawn, anything to keep which is how it should be. It is the So, Dear Reader, if you do ven- are themselves desperately anx- the ferociously malevolent sun at way of capital cities. ture into Madrid in these long ious to repair the emotional dam- bay. It’s a period when people who Of course lots of the bars and summer months, there is, as al- age inflicted by their own are actually blind come into their restaurants in the city shut down ways, plenty to enchant you. If you childhood holidays, the memories own. If sweating is good for you over the summer period, or at least have northern European skin, of which have now been recycled then this is a hyper healthy time of they did before Madrid became then do try to remember that the into things of great joy forever as- the year, as long as you are not infested by evil franchises run on sun is not a happy smiley friend in sociated with lashings of fun. tempted to indulge in anything variable cost principles. Even so, the sky, but a giant ball of flaming That’s what memory does. Fortu- that might leave you with a hango- many family run businesses opt to hydrogen emitting all kinds of tox- nately the advent of digital tech- ver. Summer hangovers in Madrid close down in July and August. ic shit along with that life giving nology does provide some relief, as will drain every drop of moisture This merely reduces the choice of vitamin D. Of course we do all the young can now spend most of from your body. If it doesn’t kill bars in the city to one for every 10 need the sun, but a paucity of solar you, you will wish it had. metres, so no one is likely to die of rays is unlikely to form part of But if you have air conditioning, thirst, although once again, watch your Madrid holiday experience. or have successfully undertaken a out for that evil summer hangover. And even if Madrid is not your desert survival course, then there Another useful survivor tip is to destination of choice this summer, are many very nice things about avoid tourist menus. Visitors on a I hope that wherever you decide to Madrid in the summer, particular- day trip to Segovia, for example, attempt to escape reality that it ly the fact that most of the people are often tempted by the classic will indeed bestow upon you the have left. 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As you must know by now how could even throw in some griddled much I like to write about foods in fresh figs in there too. For meaty season. It is the best way to eat, salads try ripped up cold roast especially as it means we will be chicken with parmesan shavings eating foods right for the time of and cos lettuce with a garlicky mayonnaise sauce more of a herby to keep the bright green colour. year, fresher and also cheaper. mayonnaise dressing for a quick thin sauce often served for fish. Squeeze out the excess liquid, cheat’s Caesar salad. Cold roast pressing so that it is all out. Then n the summer months it is a beef goes very well with roasted Best made the day before to let add the cooked leaves to the alioli joy to eat foods right for the aubergines in a salad with baby the flavours develop. Rinse the wa- (recipe below) in the blender with Iheat, the weather lends itself plum tomatoes and thinly sliced tercress and parsley under cold the chopped tarragon and chives to something lighter. If meat is salad onions. On a more conven- water and put these into a large and whiz until smooth and green. desired then roasted or barbecued tional note, today I’d like to share bowl. Pour over boiling water and Now season to taste with lemon meats meats are tasty with some a superb Summer recipe, a deli- leave to wilt then tip into a col- juice, salt and pepper. cold salads and vegetable crudités cious way to serve salmon cold, lander and rinse under cold water and some home made sauces, this is quite a quintessencially a maybe a tatziki with some barbe- british meal, especially if you can cued lamb or homemade alioli get your hands on Scottish wild For the Alioli with grilled prawns. It is lovely to salmon. I like to source Organic serve a salad with a mixture of hot Salmon which can now be seen ● 2 large egg yolks as well as cold ingredients; Salads more frequently but it can also be ● 1 clove garlic, crushed with cold vegetable crudités mixed expensive. It is a perfect summer ● 1 heaped teaspoon dijon mustard with some warm roasted vegeta- celebratory meal, wonderful to ● 1 level teaspoon salt bles and fresh herbs is a super way share with family and friends on a ● freshly milled black pepper to mix up the flavours and give summer’s day sitting outside. To ● 275ml extra virgin olive oil depth to a salad. Also adding some be served some lightly steamed ● 1 dessertspoon white wine vine- cheese, and not just fresh like summer vegetables; baby new po- gar or lemon juice mozzarella or queso de Burgos, to tatoes, fresh peas and baby broad a salad makes it into a meal in beans, preferably picked from the To make the alioli quickly at the beginning. If that itself without any other side or garden that morning and of course happens, don't despair. All you main dishes. Shavings of manche- the salsa verde and crusty bread. Put the egg yolks into the bowl, need to do is put a fresh egg yolk go with fresh tomatoes and orega- Let’s not forget a fabulous bottle add the crushed garlic, salt, freshly into a clean basin, add the curdled no or marjoram. Chunks of goats of cold white wine like we had milled black pepper and a tea- mixture to it (drop by drop), then cheese with walnuts and bright maybe a White Burgandy like we spoon of dijon mustard. continue adding the rest of the oil green leaves with walnut oil dress- had – a Pouilly Montrachet!! Mix all of these together well as though nothing had happened. ing and red wine vinegar.. you with the whisk, then, holding the The Alioli/Salsa Verde can be olive oil in a jug or bottle in one stored in a screw-top jar in the hand and a hand whisk or electric bottom of the fridge, but for no Summer Poached Salmon with Salsa in the other, add 1 drop of oil to the longer than a week. It does contain egg mixture and whisk this in. This raw egg so please be careful not to Verde and Summer Vegetables you have to continue doing very keep for too long. I eat up mine on slowly until the mayonnaise/alioli the day and start another batch For the Salmon is thick and Golden. again when needed. ● 1 Whole Wild or Organic Salmon When it gets to this stage you ● 1 cucumber - Thinly Sliced need to add a dessertspoon of vin- ● 2 Lemons - quartered for presentation egar, which will loosen the mix- ture. For the Salsa Verde Now the critical point has ● 40g watercress leaves passed, you can then begin pour- ● 40g flat leaf parsley leaves ing the olive oil in a very, very thin but steady stream, keeping the ● 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon, chopped whisk going all the time. ● 1 tablespoon snipped fresh chives When all the oil has been added, ● 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or more to taste) taste and add more salt and pep- ● Salt and freshly milled black pepper per and lemon juice if it needs it. Method: skinned to cover in thin slices of Get your fishmonger to prepare cucumber. NOTE: Mayonnaise only cur- the salmon for poaching. Lay the Serve with ‘sauce verte’, refered dles when you add the oil too fish completely in deep, very salty, to in the english language as such cold water, bring to the boil and in French, really because they in- once boiling leave to go cold. Take vented it! Really it is just and alioli the fish out and skin gently with with fresh summer herbs added to the help of a knife and spoon. The it. It is fantastic with meat or fish. idea is to leave the head on for In Spanish we refer to it as Salsa presentation and have the rest Verde, however, it is not always a July. - Aug., 2018 - The Madrid Metropolitan MadridMetropolitan.com CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY 13

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