Madrid
Folder: Spain provinces (and Madrid)
Storm imminent.
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Hospital de Maudes, Madrid.
In fact the storm had swirled about and come and gone a couple of times that day but this third revisit turned out to be the big one. I got home just in time!
Puente de Toledo, Madrid
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Looking down to the Rio Manzanares (almost dry at this time of year) and towards the Millennium Bridge. This is a new walkway and pedestrian area following the river. 15 years ago this was a motorway but it has been cleverly buried beneath the river.
Red red rose
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Rose garden, El Retiro, Madrid
Rose "Papa Milland" (Please see Pam J's comments below!).
Sol mainline station, Madrid
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Sol station was on the original Metro line 1 (100 years anniversary this year). I knew it well from the 1980s. When I came to teach in Madrid 25 years later, I wasn't aware that it had also become a mainline station and a new line linked the termini of Chamartin in the north and Atocha in the south. If I'd been aware of it I could have saved 100s of hours of unpaid travel time! DOH!
Elder sister being admired by the younger ones!
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There's a strange, predatory looking insect nestling in the top bud. Maybe a wasp of the ichneumon fly type I wonder. Sorry that the detail isn't clear enough but I didnt spot it at the time and in fact only saw it on uploading, 3 and a half years later! Tonight in fact!
Puente de Toledo, detail
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Showing the Rio Manzanares and the Millennium Bridge, Madrid.
A man made granite rock window!
Storm about to break.
Nuevos Ministerios and umbrella pines, Madrid
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Once a week I had a class near here and then a 45 minute walk to my next class if the weather was fine. Otherwise a 15 minute bus journey and an espresso with the paper.
H. A. N. W. E. everyone! Puente de Toledo, Madrid…
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When built, it was some way outside the town walls but is now a very central Madrid location. A fierce wind was blowing. It was a southerly but it was cold. A very unusual meteorological occurance in Spain! That's why no one else was about! I had half an hour to kill before my next class so I thought I would go for a short and windy stroll!
Atocha
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Not the most beautiful of stations; this, the busiest of Madrid's mainline stations, nevertheless it has a certain functional or utilitarian charm, imho!
Crane choreography possibly courtesy of La Cirque…
Hospital de Maudes (now government offices) from a…
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My other photos of this place have been taken from the opposite corner (which is some way away; this is a large complex!)
I live around the corner, 3 minutes away.
Four Towers, Chamartin and grafitti, and HIBIO! HE…
Another dawn to wake up to!
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I knew I was lucky and I knew it wouldn't last. This was in 2012. I think I've seen maybe 2 spectacular sunrises or sunsets since then!
A re-visit to last year's theme of sponsored stree…
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Chamartin Station car park on derelict land and the Four Towers.
Sight and sound; www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cAn98BmUtQ
A totaly stupid video and a nonsensical song but I found it very catchy!
It's about to chuck it down again. Better get home…
Parque de Santander (1), Madrid
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My nearest Madrid park, named after the ubiquitous Spanish bank of course but one I don't know all that well. The reason? There are 5 gates to the park but ALL are situated on the west and the south sides and I live 5 minutes walk away from the northeast corner, so it takes me 20 minutes just to get to an entrance. This seems crazy to me!
Parque de Santander (2), Madrid
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My nearest Madrid park, named after the ubiquitous Spanish bank of course but one I don't know all that well. The reason? There are 5 gates to the park but ALL are situated on the west and the south sides and I live 5 minutes walk away from the northwest corner, so it takes me 20 minutes just to get to an entrance. This seems crazy to me!
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