Independence Day In Madrid

Last Sunday, Filipinos in Madrid gathered together for a holiday celebration, with the theme "Kalayaan, paninindigan ng bayan" (The People will stand up for their freedom). As in previous years, there were a lot of stands filled with different kinds of typical Filipino food.

 
In Madrid, contrary to the States,  this is the only occasion of the year when we have a choice among  varieties of our food displayed and available for purchase which you either eat there on set tables  or to take away.  Ron and me chose to do both.  Actually, we only have one decent Filipino Restaurant in Madrid, which is "Sulu Restaurant" where Nick started to work when he first arrived in Madrid.

This year, I took only one picture of the event (Ron added some more),  but I had some pictures from last year with similar display of food items.   Watch the food slide show  although sad to say,  most of the food were prepared for take away and are not visible inside the plastic packaging and the huge covered containers although for sanitary reasons, better.   Note that there were free tapas and we were lucky we were invited to have as much as we wanted.  Take note also of the moderate prices. Lucky because we were among the first to eat and enjoy the food although we missed the program of activities because it was too hot  so we decided to leave quickly.