It took a double-take to
check that these weren't
real people overlooking
the plaza in Madrid
where we were heading
for the food hall. After
the austerity of my
previous visit to Madrid
some 40 years earlier, it
was a pleasure to see
how much livelier and agreeable the city was, with a very young
population, late-night dining, loads more art galleries, museums and
theatres, good transport links, music everywhere in street
performances, and these sorts of quirky sights all over the place.
Madrid is now a city I would be happy to go back to for another visit,
but then that's also true of Rome, Moscow, Lisbon, Berlin,
Amsterdam, Venice, Lucca, and lots of others I've never even been to.
Some I shan't miss at all include Vienna, Quito, Beirut, Belgrade,
Amman...well, you can't win them all.
It took a double-take to check that these weren't real people
overlooking the plaza in Madrid where we were heading for the food
hall. After the austerity of my previous visit to Madrid some 40 years
earlier, it was a pleasure to see how much livelier and agreeable the
city was, with a very young population, late-night dining, loads more
art galleries, museums and theatres, good transport links, music
everywhere in street performances, and these sorts of quirky sights
all over the place. Madrid is now a city I would be happy to go back
to for another visit, but then that's also true of Rome, Moscow,
Lisbon, Berlin, Amsterdam, Venice, Lucca, and lots of others I've
never even been to. Some I shan't miss at all include Vienna, Quito,
Beirut, Belgrade, Amman...well, you can't win them all.
It took a double-take to
check that these weren't
real people overlooking
the plaza in Madrid where
we were heading for the
food hall. After the
austerity of my previous
visit to Madrid some 40
years earlier, it was a
pleasure to see how much
livelier and agreeable the city was, with a very young population,
late-night dining, loads more art galleries, museums and theatres,
good transport links, music everywhere in street performances, and
these sorts of quirky sights all over the place. Madrid is now a city I
would be happy to go back to for another visit, but then that's also
true of Rome, Moscow, Lisbon, Berlin, Amsterdam, Venice, Lucca, and
lots of others I've never even been to. Some I shan't miss at all
include Vienna, Quito, Beirut, Belgrade, Amman...well, you can't win
them all.