Algete street scene no. 4

It's nice to have a look around where you are now living Andy. A very good series.
No Google maps are definitely not up to date. They are still showing a car we sold
ages ago on the drive!
Have a good weekend.

Thanks Rosa.
Algete is no more than a reaonably pleasant suburb with a few interesting corners and quite a few mundane areas as you would expect. I've got another two or three to post in this series then I think I should look for a Cornwall coastal shot and / or a granite mountain scene; not sure yet.. Decisions, decisions!

Wow so you are very close to Madrid. This area does look very nice and clean. So you live in Algete, or was this some time ago? I wish you a very good weekend to come.

Just a quick summary, Jenny.
I first came to Spain because my sister said to me, 'why not come to Madrid and teach English?) She had been living here in Algete (in a small flat since the early 1980s!) My job in England had fallen through and I was staying with my parents in Cornwall but I had to do something. So yes. I took a Tefl course in Truro College (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and moved to Spain. For the first year I stayed with my sister in Algete (my niece was away in Italy studying medicine so I had her room! AND her car - which was crucial because all my classes were in Madrid and there isn't a connection except by a very slow bus!. Then after a year, I found a flat in Madrid and then after another year my girlfriend found me a flat right in the centre. So I was fine until covid struck and decimated my classes (companies suddenly couldn't or wouldn't pay for English classes any more). And then I got a succession of ailments as you know! I couldn't pay my rent so my sister (who had in the meantime bought a big house in Algete) said I should move back with them which was the obvious move in the circumstances!
Sorry, not such a quick summary!

Superb street capture! Stay well!

Many thanks, William!

Interesting to read the background of your move to Spain. Such unfortunate happenings later on.
Great that your sister was there, to help in your recovery. Hope things get back on track for you.

Have been to Spain a few times, passing through Madrid, and it is a great country. Especially liked the couple of Paradores we stayed in, such lovely architecture.

Lovely series of photos of Algete.

Thank you, Gillian!
I've stayed in a few paradors with my girlfriend when we have weekends away (not for a few years now for obvious reasons!) and, yes, some are sited in fabulous places, old castles, monasteries, royal hunting lodges, etc and the food has been uniformly excellent! Hopefully we will do this again as I recover!
All best wishes,
Andy

Das ist schön,dass du diesen tollen Blick rüber hast lieber Andy :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes Wochenende,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Great use of light and shadow. All the best, Joe

Güni,
Joe,
Thank you both!

The air looks so very clear- but it also looks hot:-)
Haha, Google Maps... Never rely on them, they are too often out of date, sometimes showing roads as open which are closed;-)