Music Metro Madrileno

A sudden burst of music in a subway train in Madrid. These two guys just got up, played this enchanting tune, and left. Just like that. I didn't even have time to drop a few cents in their hat.





This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Art Madrid: Reina Sofia

Big regret: I couldn't make it either to The Prado or to Thyssen-Bornamisza. Why ? Don't ask.

But I did go to Reina-Sofia

It was a cold, rainy, snowy day. I fortified myself with a Chorizo Bocadillo - God I can feel the taste of that spicy salty chorizo even now - and a Cerveza, at this tiny bar just outside the museum.

I peered out of the bar window, looked at the rain, pulled up my hood and went out in search of great art


Fellow art-lovers were queing up in the snow to get in

It had snowed for a few hours, and the museum garden itself was a piece of art


Francis Picabia

Miro

Picasso

Dali

Ballerina

The food at the museum restaurant was no less artistic

Anchovies with Idiazabal Cheese Foam, served on Pan Con Tomate

Risotto


Inspired by all this, I took what I think is a great shot of black steel pipes nestling in the snow.
I named this photo " Dali Pipes"

Then I went back to the bar for another Bocadillo

This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Breakfast in Madrid

"Uno Cafe Solo, Uno Churros Por Favor"

"Si, Senor"


The breakfast of champions

This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Jamon in Madrid

Jamon to your left, Jamon to your right. Jamon in front of you.
Jamon in your dreams. And now, some of that Jamon, in my fridge

This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Madrid: Construction Funk

Yes, everyone knows, Spain is now the world leader in funky, futuristic urban architecture, and Madrid of course is at the forefront. These guys are really out to prove something.

Though I missed the Calatrava bridges and Herzog & De Mueron buildings, I did catch at glimpse of the architectural funk near Castilla De La Mancha on one sunny afternoon

And Terminal 4 at Madrid Barajas Airport. Never have so many curves and waves found their way together on one airport ceiling. Fabuloso !

But of course, there is no shortage of glorious old architecture in Madrid

Including the place I stayed at: Hotel Alcazar on Gran Via

This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Madrid on Sunday, Madrid on Monday

Madrid, Sunday December 20

Clear and sunny. Cars and streets strewn with yellow-gold leaves.

Madrid, Monday December 21

Dark, cold and snowing. Cars and streets covered with snow and icy slush.

This is MADRID, POR FAVOR

Sudden bursts of enchanting music in the subway

Chorizo and Dali, Anchovies and Picasso

Breakfast of Champions

Jamon Jamon everywhere

Constructivist Funk

Sun one Day, Snow the next

Mount Etna, Sicily

Our trip to Mount Etna, Sicily. December 2009.

The highest active volcano in the world

Dark, desolate and magnificent

Menacing winds that threaten to blow you away.

Then, a glorious sunset