Fast train through Spain
Cathedral of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena
The Royal Palace of Madrid. Spain's version of Versailles.
Entrance gates to the Royal Palace of Madrid
Looking down Calle Gran Via with the Church of San José on the right.
Boat in El Retiro Park
Monument to Alfonso XII
Palacio de Cristal
The Valázquez Palace
Inside the Palacio de Cristal showing the domed roof
Inside the Palacio de Cristal
Inside the Palacio de Cristal was an auditory art installation echoing off the glass.
Black swans
Another angle of the Palacio de Cristal
Neptune fountain outside the Westin Palace Hotel
Uh...Mmm.
Plaza Mayor
Plaza Mayor Christmas Market
The view up Calle de Toledo to Plaza Mayor
Statues in the Jardines de Lepanto
Monument to Philip IV with the Royal Palace of Madrid in the background. Because it is difficult to balance, it's one of very few statues where the horse is reared up on its hind legs.
El Greco: The Immaculate Conception
Van Gogh: The Potato Eaters
Picasso: Bullfight
Renoir: Rower's Lunch
Bernini: St. Sebastian
Degas: Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green)
Van Gogh: The Stevedores in Arles
Van Gogh: "Les Vessenots" in Auvers
Homer: Waverly Oaks
Thomas Cole: Expulsion. Moon and Firelight
Kandinsky: Murnau, Houses in the Obermarkt
Gauguin: Mata Mua (In Olden Times)
Monet: The House among the Roses
Kandinsky: Untitled
Chagall: The Cock
One of the oldest continuously operating restaurants in Madrid
El Madrono is like stepping back in time.
El Madrono, our first stop for a drink before our flamenco performance.
Las Carboneras, flamenco dance
Passion of Flamenco
Madrid, Spain