[Day 1]
Torro Torro! The first place we went (after Plaza Mayor) was
the great Torro arena.
The roads in the middle of the day makes one feel like
they are living in a circus!
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| Plaza Mayor |
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| Headless! |
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| Minnie for Nanny |
Puss in Boots
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| Very scary baby. |
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| A funny goat... but not my prefered job to say the least! |
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| Petrified. |
Plaza del Torro:
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| "Died a Torero, and born an Angel" Antonio Olano |
In the arena there’s some kicked up dirt,
silent with the memories of days of the events. Someday I must go see one!
The next quiet place in Madrid was the Park. Only noisy with
birds and murmurs hushed by trees of people in the distances.
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| That guy almost looks like Sirius Black |
I have only spent a few days in these places, but they are so remarkable that I feel I could return anytime and feel like I'm home!
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| Brenna and I; our shadows! |
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| I think I will be painting this this summer. It is absolutely magical! |
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| Velazquez's Palace |
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| The Crystal Palace |
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| ^ Cathedral outside this museum v |
I continued to explore
the art museum a little, but to retire soon enough thanks to this wonderful
cough. I’m about to drink 3 liters of water and eat at least four Clementines,
then take a hot shower. If I’m not better tomorrow, I will simply pretend to
be. Early day tomorrow, see more of the city, and pick up a few necessary items
for Friday night.
[Day 2]
In deep contrast to my day observations of quiet peaceful
Madrid, I cannot forget about the protest we arrived in the middle of Tuesday
night. There were lots of police and a chanting march of people protesting... all
we could make out was Valencia. It was late and after a dream of being arrested
for three days Brenna and I were not really interested in being involved. To
find out later what it is all about: There’s really high unemployment rate
here, higher than the U.S., so people are unhappy. To add the government is
still trying to pass austerity policies to compromise for their fund deficit. The
government taking educated and health related things away from an already
unemployed population helps even less. Students are a particularly affected
group because they have been working in college, only to have nowhere to work.
There had been a protest in Valencia a few days before organized by students in
particular. It did not end well for either the police or the students. Some students
“assaulted the police” and provoked them to treat the protestors harshly, so a
handful of students were arrested and some injured, while the finger was then
pointed back at the police. Further protests are occurring now against the
police as well, because of the event in Valencia. This is some news we woke up
to in the morning…
But to part the clouds aside, the day on the streets was once
again beautiful. We made our way over to Palace/gardens, on the outskirts of
Madrid, though the train took us much further than where we expected, thank you La Posada de Huertas for the directions.Haha.
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| Jardines de Sabatini |
It was all good though, and an exciting even was the
occurrence of a couple doing old fashioned portraits and film prints right in
front of us!
And onto the train once again. Granada!
I continued to explore
the art museum a little, but to retire soon enough thanks to this wonderful
cough. I’m about to drink 3 liters of water and eat at least four Clementines,
then take a hot shower. If I’m not better tomorrow, I will simply pretend to
be. Early day tomorrow, see more of the city, and pick up a few necessary items
for Friday night.
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