The FT columnist reveals the ways in which the Spanish capital enchanted him during his year away from Paris
This article is part of a new guide to Madrid from FT Globetrotter One dark evening during an endless winter lockdown in Paris, my wife and kids and I decided we needed an adventure. We agreed to go and spend a school year in Madrid. We would improve our Spanish , enjoy the sun and discover a new city. Like many Europeans, we barely knew Madrid.
Like so many Spanish squares, it has a children’s playground situated strategically between the cafés — one of those little things that make family life do-able. The elegant, wood-panelled Bar Cock — a favourite of the artist Francis Bacon, who died and was cremated in his beloved Madrid — is the place for old-fashioned cocktails. Sitting here, you feel transported back to the 1920s, in a good way.
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