Random Madrid Scenes

Walking around over the course of 2-3 days...we enjoyed Madrid more than previous visits and are wondering now when and how we'll return.

Modernistas here and there

With sculpture depicting a bad end to man's first attempt at
heavier-than-air flight

 

Rescue of a Segway

Somehow we got lost onto the awful Fodor's self-guided tour
we did last time

We have come to appreciate that if a town doesn't have an Irish
bar, it probably doesn't have a bar

Solidarity

The ants go marching...what do ants sing as
they march?

One sees the "Welcome Refugees" signs all
over

Landmark buildings

In Plaza de Sol; I finally tried a Tio Pepe one day; ick

 

And the band continues playing on; I think I actually recognized
some of these guys from 2013

Making bath time lots of fun...

Spanish pastry shops are quite inviting and quite reasonably-
priced

Part Modernista, part wedding cake

Trompe l'oeil building

Our first impression of Camping Osuna--in the wet and cold
and dark of January, 2010--was not so good; we have come to
appreciate it now, after our third stay, particularly the ease of
transportation into the city it provides