Thursday, September 11, 2014

Hola! I'm off to Madrid for a week. Hasta Luego Muchachas.















Tapas, manchego and quince jam




Flamenco






El Escorial
Photograph by Luis Castaneda/TIPS Images


Northwest of Madrid, overlooking forested hills, is El Escorial, a monastery and royal retreat dating to the 16th century.






Reina Sofía
Photograph by Jose Manuel Navia/ASA/Aurora Photos


Patrons view Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" and other modern works at the Reina Sofía, Madrid’s museum of 20th-century art.





Kio Towers
Photograph by Allan Baxter/Getty Images


Madrid’s Kio Towers, also known as "Europe’s Gate" are inclined skyscrapers at the edge of Plaza Castilla.




Plaza Salvador Dali
Photograph by Luis Castaneda/TIPS Images


A sculpture entitled "La Esfera de Newton" stands within the Plaza Salvador Dalí, honouring the famous surrealist painter.



Sculptures in the Prado Museum
Photograph by Jose Manuel Navia/ASA/Aurora Photos


Morning light fills a sculpture room in Madrid’s famous Prado Museum, which has one of the world’s finest collections of European art.



















Partridge shooting in the countryside


LWDLIK - I'm secretly hoping I don't hit any birdies. 



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