On the list was El Oso y El Madroño, and it had excellent cafe con leche y hielo (which is an coffee with milk on ice). It was such a small place, we actually walked past it without really noticing on the way to a market to grab some things to eat for lunch. So, when near El Retiro and you need a great coffee to keep you going- seriously, after walking most of the day we went to stand in line for the free entrance at El Prado after 6pm, I can recommend this fine little cafe.
The second thing, not coffee related, is that sometimes it's worth the effort to read the plaque related to the monument- and if it's in your second language see if you an work it out by cross referencing with the figure. This is also something where the internet will come in handy when I get a chance to research this some more- the plaque is dated to commemorate the person from 1520-1584 who developed a method for speaking, reading, writing and singing with the deaf. I am curious to know how wide spread this method was at that time, if it was taken up elsewhere in the world or if it was specific to this area. This was really an interesting monument in contrast to some others in the park that mainly focused on royalty and warriors. No, I didn't read all of the information on all the monuments throughout the park. Perhaps this one stood out as noteworthy because it was apart from any others.
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