Malasana on a Saturday Night

Madrid's counterculture neighborhood around Plaza del Dos de Mayo. Where the movida madrilena was born. Narrow streets, graffiti that's art, bars open until the Metro reopens at 6 AM. Bodega de la Ardosa on Calle de Colon has poured vermouth on tap since 1892 and the tortilla espanola is the standard everything else is measured against.

Sunday morning at the Rastro flea market followed by vermut and tapas on Calle de la Cava Baja in La Latina is Madrid's secular religion. Participate or be judged.