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el Desayuno
Breakfast (el desayuno), most frequently consumed standing up in Paco´s bar on the corner, is almost always incredibly light, usually revolving around small pastry-esque objects such as "churros" or "porras" which can easily be dipped into a shot glass looking coffee mug filled with scalding hot liquid that is about as strong as a five cups of good ole gringo (coffee) grinds injected directly into a major artery.
As well as crispy, sweet bread-things that are dipped into café or "chocolate," Spaniards are known to pedir a "pincho de tortilla," a "sandwich mixto," or a "mixto con huevo."
Do not expect sausage links, bacon, waffles, or pancakes for breakfast here. Although if you're really having serious addictive withdrawl form a heavier breakfast, it is possible. (The easiest place to find it would be at any Vips restaurant, of which there is one on nearly every other street corner.) But if you want fit in with the local crowd, head to a bar. Yes, I said a B-A-R. Don't start ordering beer at 8am, unless you feel a need to demonstrate you Germanic roots. Order a cup of coffee and some sort of sweet pastry looking thing. Now you're a member of the club.
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