Spain — Madrid
We stayed twice briefly in Madrid (after flying in and before flying out) which has great architecture but in many ways is a big European city like many others. Good shopping, great views, very walkable but with a great and easy Metro as well. You'd better like ham.
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Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral -
Temple of Debod -
Pieces of the Berlin Wall -
Secret fine art under a bridge 1 -
Secret fine art under a bridge 2 -
Secret Miró under a bridge -
Seriously, how much public sculpture are they hiding? -
Architectural uniformity -
Just cool reflections -
Weirdly ornate architecture -
Outside the National Archaeological Museum of Spain -
"Julia," temporary public art installation -
"Julia," temporary public art installation -
A (closed) restaurant endlessly taunted -
A reflective Steffi has coffee -
I'm pretty sure we can't afford the Four Seasons -
Weird streetsweeper who mints money -
One of the (nicer) cobblestone squares -
Plaza de la villa -
Plaza de la villa in late day -
So this bear and strawberry tree thing is a Madrid thing -
Great and complicated architecture -
Sol. There's a strawberry bear here too -
The massive plaza at Sol -
See? Strawberry bear. Born the same year as me -
Streetscene, Antón Martin metro -
Streetscene, Madrid -
Arcade, open for tagging -
No One is Homeless protest in central Madrid -
The CNT/AIT offices in Madrid -
Entrance to the Plaza Mayor -
Plaza Mayor -
Plaza Mayor -
Plaza Mayor -
Protest in support of Palestine -
Giant sex toy ad in the public square -
Staircase at our apartment -
Immigrant street vendors with their good in quick-escape sheets -
We don't have cool magpies in Baltimore -
Just your average apartment building -
The pond in Parque de El Retiro -
Fuente del Ángel Caído -
I'm pretty sure we're in Spain -
They don't make curved buildings enough anymore -
The views, everywhere -
The view from our neighborhood hotel -
I mean, even the view from the bathroom!
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Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral
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Temple of Debod
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Pieces of the Berlin Wall
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Secret fine art under a bridge 1
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Secret fine art under a bridge 2
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Secret Miró under a bridge
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Seriously, how much public sculpture are they hiding?
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Architectural uniformity
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Just cool reflections
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Weirdly ornate architecture
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Outside the National Archaeological Museum of Spain
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"Julia," temporary public art installation
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"Julia," temporary public art installation
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A (closed) restaurant endlessly taunted
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A reflective Steffi has coffee
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I'm pretty sure we can't afford the Four Seasons
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Weird streetsweeper who mints money
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One of the (nicer) cobblestone squares
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Plaza de la villa
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Plaza de la villa in late day
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So this bear and strawberry tree thing is a Madrid thing
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Great and complicated architecture
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Sol. There's a strawberry bear here too
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The massive plaza at Sol
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See? Strawberry bear. Born the same year as me
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Streetscene, Antón Martin metro
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Streetscene, Madrid
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Arcade, open for tagging
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No One is Homeless protest in central Madrid
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The CNT/AIT offices in Madrid
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Entrance to the Plaza Mayor
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Plaza Mayor
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Plaza Mayor
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Plaza Mayor
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Protest in support of Palestine
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Giant sex toy ad in the public square
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Staircase at our apartment
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Immigrant street vendors with their good in quick-escape sheets
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We don't have cool magpies in Baltimore
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Just your average apartment building
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The pond in Parque de El Retiro
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Fuente del Ángel Caído
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I'm pretty sure we're in Spain
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They don't make curved buildings enough anymore
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The views, everywhere
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The view from our neighborhood hotel
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I mean, even the view from the bathroom!