Subject: RE: John Podesta is going to Madrid for the weekend
From: "Daniel Leeds" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Cc: "Nicole Leeds" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:27:41 -0400

Hi John -

Thanks for coming to the meeting today.  Your comments were very helpful
and got the conversation going in a good direction.

Nicole's comments are below and I have copied you on her email and this
one, so if you have any questions, she can answer them.

I would add that we did not eat in any great restaurants in Madrid,
though we tried to find one.  We tried a fancy restaurant near Bilbao on
the Atlantic Coast, but were not that impressed.  In some ways, the most
memorable meal is to have the classic cuisine from the countryside
around Madrid.  Botin which dates back to 1725 and is supposed to be the
oldest restaurant in the world serves this type of food - very meat
oriented.  If you go with a few people, have a few people order meat -
leg of lamb or suckling pig and the rest order vegetable dishes like
artichokes beans, etc.  The Spanish wine is very good and well priced.

Have a great trip.

Dan

Daniel Leeds

3205 R Street NW

Washington, DC 20007

Office (202)338-4555 x2

Fax (202) 338-0229

From: Nicole Leeds [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:42 PM
To: Daniel Leeds
Cc: [email-masked]; [email-masked]
Subject: Re: John Podesta is going to Madrid for the weekend

Hi Dad,

With a half day in Madrid, I would do a walking tour of the city and,
depending on his interests, either the Royal Palace or the Prado. Both
are fabulous; I'm not really into art so I enjoyed the Palace more but
the Prado is probably Madrid's most famous sight and has a lot of
beautiful and famous works. The Palace is in the old part of the city
and has some stunning views of the surrounding area.

If he has enough time, I would see the Palace for an hour, then walk
from Plaza del Opera  (right near the Palace) up to Plaza del Sol.  Then
I would use Plaza del Sol as a base to walk to the Plaza Mayor and the
Plaza de Cibeles. The weather should be great this time of year. If he'd
rather do the Prado than the Palace, the Prado is right off of Plaza de
Cibeles. It all makes sense if you look at a map.

I would have either lunch or tapas in the Plaza Santa Ana (right off the
plaza del Sol), which has beautiful outdoor seating (the restaurants are
pretty much all the same - I would get a glass of Spanish red wine and a
bunch of traditional tapas like squid, octopus, jamon iberico, tortilla,
etc).

Hope this helps! Feel free to forward me any questions.

Nicole

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Daniel Leeds
<[email-masked]> wrote:

Hi Nicole -

John Podesta is going to Madrid for the weekend.  He has never had the
opportunity to sightsee in Madrid.  He'll have half a day to see the
city -

What would you recommend he sees?

Any suggestions for one or 2 great meals?

Love,

Dad

Daniel Leeds

3205 R Street NW

Washington, DC 20007

Office (202)338-4555 x2

Fax (202) 338-0229

-- 
Nicole Rani Leeds
Harvard College '10
A.B. Candidate in History & Literature
Quincy House