On my last day in Spain I walked the tourist bus route taking pictures of statues, fountains, buildings, and gardens. The shear number of statues was overwhelming.
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Plaza Mayor. |
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Carlos III. |
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A symbol of protest - the Guy Fawkes mask. |
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Fuente de Cibeles, Madrid |
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Fuente de Neptuno, Madrid |
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Lago de el Retiro. Monument to Alfonso XIII |
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Plaza de Colon. Monument to Christopher Columbus. |
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Metropolis Building, Madrid |
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Egyptian Temple of Debod, a gift to Spain. |
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. |
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Plaza de Oriente and the Royal Palace of Madrid. |
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Shiny butt. |
These pictures and many more have been added to my
2011-06 Madrid Google Photos album.
OMG....Timing!! Madrid was on the Today Show this morning! And that last statue...another blogger I know has it on his blog header! He's standing next to it and looks just like the guy! Too funny!
ReplyDeleteKSam: Yeah ... I planned it that way ... yeah ... right.
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