Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Parental Visit Review: Madrid de los Austrias Portion

Okay, we're back from Ireland. But first things first. The concluding chapter of Parental Visit Number One, Part Two.

When J had gotten better, we had everyone over to our apartment for dinner. In the photo above, you will see S's famous tortilla, a salad, and fried padrón peppers. We washed this fine meal down with a little bit of Rioja.

Since they were in Madrd, J and G had a lot of amagomundi news to catch up on. Above, you can enjoy a meta-blog moment in which J and G read amagomundi on amagomundi. Whoa. We could offer a fine academic analysis of the rhetorical and philosophical implications of this moment, but we prefer to leave that to our intrepid readers. Post your comments and analysis as you wish! No fancy words, please.

We took a walk towards Sol up the Carrera de San Jerónimo.

Bought some postcards.

Took some nice pictures.

Walked some more.

Had a pastry at Sindo's favorite pastelería, La Mallorquina, at the Puerta del Sol.

Continued our walk down calle del Arenal.

Took more pictures.

Photographed the Cathedral.

And the Palacio Real. We didn't go in though. They want 8 euro per person to tour the royal palace! Jeez. European citizens can get in for free on Tuesdays, I believe. But only one of us is a European citizen.

Another view of the Cathedral.

A spectral image of a building reflected in the glass that keeps folks from jumping off the bridge on calle de Bailén.

The Cathedral as seen from the south side of the bridge.

Two of the amagomundi staff in front of that Cathedral.


Our favorite little garden near La Latina: El Jardín del Príncipe Anglona.

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