Cafe con leche in plaza mayor

Rajoy speaking english

Madrid has countless attractions that make it a welcoming, touristy, friendly, friendly and cheerful city. The one that Ana Botella decided to highlight in order to win the bid for the Olympic Games was none other than “having a relaxing cup of coffee with milk in the Plaza Mayor”.

The desire to organize the 2020 Olympics was cut short when that responsibility was given to Tokyo. It was on September 7, 2013 when Ana Botella delivered in Buenos Aires the speech that was to make Madrid the new host of the Games.

It was estimated that the Madrid 2020 bid – which was boasted for its austerity having been the 2012 and 2016 much more expensive – cost 11.5 million euros to the Madrid City Council, which, together with sponsorships and investors reached to allocate approximately 30 million euros in total.

El remix del café con leche

Ana Botella -alcaldesa de Madrid y esposa del ex presidente del Gobierno José María Aznar- ha pasado a la historia por un discurso excesivamente entusiasta que pronunció en un inglés muy acentuado al defender la candidatura de la capital española para ser la próxima ciudad olímpica en 2020 (honor que finalmente recayó en Tokio).  ¿Están los españoles tan relajados que se acuestan?

El romance entre Madrid y el comité olímpico es claramente una quimera. La derrota ha dejado un reguero de víctimas mediáticas. Son mártires de una conspiración internacional contra la capital española que finalmente se decantó por los vencedores de la competición, Tokio. Ana Botella -cuyo nombre se traduce como “Ana Botella” en inglés, señalarán los españoles en tono de broma- no ha salido ni mucho menos indemne de la reacción, especialmente en los fuegos de Internet. Aunque la mayor contribución de la ilustre alcaldesa de Madrid a la política española se ha limitado en gran medida a la virtud de ser la esposa de un ex presidente del Gobierno, lo cierto es que ha dominado la opinión pública desde una plataforma política, y todo ello por accidente.

Cafe con leche in plaza mayor remix

A day that, beyond the defeat of Madrid, has gone down in history for a phrase uttered by the then mayoress of the city, Ana Botella. In reviewing the attractions of the city of Madrid to become the Olympic host city, Botella stopped at the experience of having a coffee in the square of the squares of the capital: “There is nothing quite like a relaxing cup of coffee with milk in Plaza Mayor” (There is nothing like a relaxing cup of coffee with milk in the Plaza Mayor)”. A remark that Botella made in English, like the rest of her speech, but which caught the attention of spectators and users of social networks. Botella also mentioned in her speech the attraction of enjoying a “romantic dinner in the Madrid de los Austrias”.

An anecdote that Botella herself echoed just a few days later. At a breakfast briefing she provoked laughter from the attendees by wishing that everyone had had “a café con leche”. “I know well the sense of humor of the country and I also laugh at myself,” she said when asked if she thought the controversy was excessive.

Cafe con leche in plaza mayor 2021

“Relaxing cup of café con leche in Plaza Mayor”, Ana Botella made an effort, she spoke in English even though she had already demonstrated that it was not her thing.  With much emphasis and a dubious pronunciation, the mayoress extolled all the virtues that Madrid has for her. Art, architecture, romanticism and most importantly: “Madrid is fun”.Botella hoped to convince, but her speech has triumphed more on the Internet and with Madrid already eliminated, Ana Botella abandons the official red and gives little explanationA speech in which, unlike the Prince, does not admit a single question about the defeat. Neither her English, nor her arguments, nor her way of expressing herself, almost everything has been bad reviews for the mayoress.

Ana Botella has burned her main cartridge at the head of the City Council and although before traveling to Buenos Aires she was confident and Rajoy has supported her after the defeat. Ana Botella’s political future is still very much up in the air without the Olympics.