Spain 2001
Madrid
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Madrid is a place where you want to look up for fancy roof decorations, e.g. the top picture and the chariot on the roof in the distance. |
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The expansive Madrid Metro system, a convenient and excellent way to get around the city |
The Madrid town square and the famously painted city hall |
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At the time a collectors' exhibit was just setting up - Club de Coleccionista was the organizer |
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Museo Nacional Del Prado |
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Here, as elswhere in famous museums, skilled commissioned artists copy masters |
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Portrait of a Cardinal by Raphael, about 1510 AD |
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The Prado, one of Madrid's main attactions, is always popular |
Lunch hour in Madrid. A lot of well-dressed older folks, eating sandwhiches and drinking beer or hard liquor |
A meat lovers' paradise |
Lovely old downtown neighborhood |
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Equally cool, and quite safe to wander around at nights. back in 2001 |