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- Off we go to downtown Madrid…first stop is a central café with rather racy tiled images on the walls and even on the exterior. Love it!
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- Dramatically uplit hotel in Plaza Santa Ana, near where I lived in Madrid. The white exterior, coupled with the vibrant lavendar lighting is just gorgeous. Many celebrities stay here, very chic!
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- Stencil graffiti on a sycamore tree in Madrid – actually I sort of liked it – it reminded me a lot of Sean.
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- For Hygenic Reasons, don´t spit on the floor!
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- These are the coolest corbels! On a bank building on the main drag in Madrid near Retiro Park.
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- Taken from the top of one of Madrid´s galleries on the main drag, I wonder whose idea it was to put this magnificent sculpture of a chariot way up here? Vistas from heaven, perhaps?
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- Sculptural exterior wall on the bank building in Madrid – La Caixa, all done in plants.
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- Gorgeous stained glass in the San Francisco cathedral, Madrid
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- Dia de los Reyes – Jan. 5th – the annual parade through the streets of Madrid.
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- Wonderful HUGE balloons, touching down so the crowd could tap them gently.
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- An acrobat Angel – floating on her trapeze under a bouquet of white helium balloons, They slowly had her descend and released the balloons. WOW!
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- The massive lit Christmas Tree in Puerta del Sol, you could go inside it and look up!
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- Holiday lights on the buildings, beautiful!
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- Churros and hot Chocolate – the perfect treat on a cold winter’s night!
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- Live Flamenco music under the stars in front of the Royal Palace – it was FREE, too! Tio Pepe sherry and lovely fresh cream puffs were plentiful – I ate WAY too many! YUM.
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- Flamenco dancers!
Thanks for the tip on the palace tour. I’m also happy to hear that the smokers are outside!