#Madrid Plaza de Espana

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📍alcalá de henares, españa. 9 july 2019

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Quick trip with our youngest baby girl to Madrid to see her favorite Taylor swift in concert for eras tour at the famous San Bernabéu stadium. We left Memorial Day Monday and came back Thursday. We stayed at ac Avenida (Marriott) in Cartagena and figured out the metro in first day and walked to find a nice local place for eggs and bacon and tomato toast with delicious cappuccino. We went back to hotel and took a nap and then went back out on metro to plaza de espana and saw a flamenco show at las tables and had ice cream. There was a great playground that Charlie loved. We had tapas - shrimp, potatoes, paella. We walked over and saw sunset and passed by the mansion palace de real and then ventured and walked to plaza de mayor. Magical first day.

[michaeln23p1]

Blog 6

Me gustaría visitar Madrid y estaré allí una semana. Volaré con aerolínea American y sentaré en el asiento del pasillo en clase turista. El vuelo será directo a Madrid. Estoy me poniendo en la cola en el área de seguridad y está tomando mucho tiempo porque los detectores de metales no funcionan. Ellos han estado arreglando los detectores de metales por dos horas. Me hospedaré en Hotel Riu Plaza España. He reservado una habitación sencilla durante estoy en Madrid. He vistado muchos monumentos como Palacio Real de Madrid y Catedral de la Almudena. Tambien, He comprado camisa y recuerdo a Calle Gran Vía. He comido en restaurante como Sacha. Costará mucho dinero porque es caro. Iré al Monasterio del Escorial y tiene una hermosa vista. Después comeré a DiverXO. Por último, haré paracaidismo a Windobona Paracaidismo Indoor Madrid. Nunca he haré paracaidismo, así que será muy divertido.

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https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187514-d10413604-Reviews-Windobona_Indoor_Skydiving_Madrid-Madrid.html

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Appendix

Top 10 Museums

Louvre

Vatican Museum

Harry Potter Studio tour

London/Malmo Transport Museum

Prado

Academia

Lego House

Uffizi Gallery

Picasso museum

Glasgow Science Museum 

Top castles/Palaces

Percy Castle in Alnwick (obviously)

El Alhambra

Madrid Palace

Alcazarin Seville

Neuschwanstein Castle

Roman Forum/Colosseum

Old Town Dubrovnic

Mont St. Michel

Buckingham Palace

Edinburgh Castle

Top 10 tourist errors

Not knowing we needed our passports to use our credit card in Swedish grocery stores (Matt and Becca)

Failing to reserve all our slots for venetian mask making (Becca)

Not realizing the hotel rooms in cadiz were 3 people max so getting a talking to and an upcharge from the front desk lady when trying to add nali man to the room (Matt)

Not knowing how to exit turnstiles in the London Underground (Becca)

Not keeping hands inside the vaporetto (children), not watching children to ensure their hands were kept inside (Becca only per vaporetto helmsman) 

Walking in bike lanes everywhere (all)

Panicking and rushing on the train going on the train headed the wrong direction, and thus missing focaccia (Matt and Becca)

Not knowing how to cross streets everywhere (all)

Oli on shoulders in the Louvre (matt)

Getting on bus in split , trying to pay, getting told by bus driver it was the wrong bust, then getting off without paying and seeing it driving away with the rest of the family still on it (Matt)

Top Ten AirBnB/Hostels

Split, Croatia- Butt pool

Billund, Denmark – trampoline + Lego House

Huisnes-sur-mer, France

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Wilderswill (near Interlaken), Switzerland

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Rome

Naples (Airbnb much more so than the city)

London

Madrid

Top 10 Gummy Candies 

Sour Rings

Fizzy Straws

Percy Pigs

Percy piglets (yes it’s different)

Coke Bottles

Sour Gummy glow worms (particularly the ones labelled in German)

Sour Gummy bears

Vegan Dinosaurs

Giant sour rainbow candy with nougat filling

Virtually anything else from Captain Candy

Top 10 Playgrounds

Gulliver’s Park, Valencia, Spain

Neighborhood playground with slide built into a hill, Wilderswill

Playground in Madrid near Marco’s restaurant (I think maybe it was in the Plaza de Espana 

Theater themed playground, Malmo, Sweden

Dragon Playground near St. Beatus caves, Interlaken, Switzerland

Dragon-slide Playground, Paris

Buoy playground, Olso

Neighborhood pirate ship playground, London

Princess Diana memorial playground (peter pan), London

Dubrovnic basketball/soccer court

Honorable mention for anywhere henry played soccer, especially munich beer garden, elephant themed playground while waiting for bus in Lindau

Top 10 religious places 

Sagrada Familia

St. peter’s basilica

Alhambra/Alcazar

Roman Synagogue 

Sistine chapel

Pantheon

Cathedral of Seville

Cathedral of toledo (interchangeable)

Duomo

St. Marks, venice

Places we want to come back and visit

Ischia

Slovenia (lake bled)

Ronda + Seville, Spain

Northern Italian lakes/dolomites (including a longer return to Stresa Italy)

Grenoble France

French countryside (houseboat on canals?)

Ireland

Wales

Lofoten Island Norway

San Remo, Italy

More of Germany in general

Austria

Best Part/Favorite food England

Becca- Tower of London, Harry Potter Studio tour, Hamilton/Crumpets, Indian food, chips

Emily- Tower of London, Harry Potter Studios, Globe Theater/ Mango Boba

Buggy- Harry Potter Studio/fish and chips

Matt- Harry Potter Studio/sticky toffee pudding

Henry- Tottenham Hot spur Game/fish and chips

Oli-  Our Airbnb and harry potter studio/Pizza

British Slang index

Right then = allright

Cheers = thanks/gretting

Buggy= baby stroller

Crisps= Chips

Chips = froes

Very nice = really good

Cherio, pip = “how you doing?”

Digestive = another type of cookie (dunk in tea)

Bin = trash can

Loo = bathroom

Football/footie= soccer

Fly tipping = unauthorized trash dumping/littering 

Hiya = hi

Champion = sweet/great

Nappies = diapers

Fizzy candy = sour candy

No bother = no worries

Best Parts of France

Henry – PSG/Croissant

Emily- Dragon Slide/Croissant

Oli- the PSG game/chocolat croissant

Becca- Mt St Michel/croque Mossier

Buggy- climbing the Eiffel tower/ Baguete

Matt- Huisnes sur mer/train station croque mossieur 

Best Parts of Spain

Becca- Seville, Valencia, the churches. Food: tapas

Oli- Gibraltar Monkeys/Paella Noodles

Henry Las Ramblas, Valencia/ Patatas Bravas

Emily- Gaudi + Bike riding in Valencia/ no favorite foods

Buggy- illegible (she interprets it as seeing the Flamenco Dancers)

Matt- Seville, Valencia, Sagrada Familia /Paella, Patatas Bravas, Horchata with fartones

Best Parts of Italy

Italian words- Ciao, uscita (exit), prego (you’re welcome)

Becca- Florence, Cinque Terre, Rome (loved David, St. Peter’s, hiking, Rafaels fresco in Vatican museum, Pieta. Food: Mozzarella, focaccia in Cinque Terre

Emily- Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome – Food: Foccacia, Pizza, Pasta

Oli- Pizza

Matt- cinque terre, Florence, Vatican museum, venice canals, Amalfi bus ride adventures. Food: mozzarella, pizza, focaccia in cinque terre

Buggy- cinque terre

Henry – Florence, cinque terre + Pizza

Best parts of Croatia

Emily- Pula, Plitvice Lakes, Boat

Henry- Pula, Butt Pool in Split, inflatable water park (pula)

Matt- renting boat in Dubrovnik, Slunj

Buggy- Slunj, bouncy house pula

Becca- Dubrovnik, Plitvice lakes

Oli- water bouncy house, pula

*Food* didn’t really experience much typical food but Matt + Henry say Burek, Emily/Buggy?matt also became Olive Oil snobs after learning to taste it in Pula

Best Parts of Switzerland

Becca- All of it! All the hiking

Buggy- the hut trip (+ice palace)

Emily- All of it

Henry- the huts

Matt- Ice Palace, huts, mountain view trail hikes

Best Parts of Germany

Henry - Going to the beer garden

Becca- Park in Munich, Fussen

Buggy- The night train

Emily- hot springs, castle, munich

Matt- Fussen, English Gardens Munich, Lindau hot springs

Best Parts of Denmark

Becca- Bilund!

Emily- Billund!, Copenhagen, Skiing, Tivoli, the lego home

Matt- Skiing on Copenhill + the Lego House

Oli- Tivoli + Lego House

Henry- The Lego House

Buggy- the Lego house and Tivoli

Best Parts of Sweden

Becca- hanging out with the Gordons

Emily- Malmo

Matt- 9 PM dip in the Baltic in Malmo

Oli- Playing with Henry Gordon’s cars

Henry- Malmo

Buggy- My new friend Isabela 

Favorite Places overall

Edinburgh

Valencia 

Sevilla

Huisnes-sur-mer

Madrid

Barcelona

Florence

Cinque Terre

Rome 

Dubrovnik

Stressa, Italy

Billund, Denmark

Fussen, Germany

Munich

Becca’s book list

The dictionary of lost words

Choosing to Run

I’m Glad my Mom Died

The Great Believers

Solito

Romantic Comedy

All my rage

Hello, Beautiful

We Should Not be Friends

If I Never Met You

Page Boy

What Looks Like Bravery

Breath From Salt

Birnam wood

The True Love Experiment

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Reforma Plaza de España | Madrid - Madrid / Urbanismo y Zonas Verdes - Urbanity

En marzo de 2019 comenzó la reforma de la Plaza de España tras un largo proceso participación. Está previsto que termine en el verano de 2021 tras muchos retrasos debidos a que se encontraron restos del palacio de Godoy. … — Leer en urbanity.one/t/reforma-plaza-de-espana-madrid/109/9561

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Plaza Espana, Tapas, & Finding the Crowds - Madrid, Spain

Our plan for today: a little stroll up to Plaza Espana and to a couple of other sights, then lunch somewhere, before heading back to our place for a siesta. Then we were going to the Palace, since entry is FREE from 5 to 7 p.m. - it was a solid plan.

We walked up to the Plaza Espana (pictured above). Lovely plaza, there was even an outdoor cinema on the plaza. There is a rooftop view from the RIU hotel (in the background), which costs a pretty penny to go up to, there is also a glass walkway that you can experience. We decided to pass on that and continued our walk around the area. We walked back toward the Palace and visited the gardens:

Hedge-lined walkways, large water features, and pine trees filled the garden area. The back of the Palacio Real de Madrid dominates the garden.

Casa Gallardo - one of the few modernista buildings in Madrid - quite opulent!

Ruins from the San Gil Barracks - they are the remains of a convent, which became a military barrack, before being demolished. Remnants were discovered during construction on Plaza Espana (which is nearby) in 2020 and moved to this area shortly afterwards.

Our next stop: The Temple of Debod. This is an ancient Egyptian temple that was relocated to Madrid as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. Originally, it was constructed in 200 BC - it was moved to this site in 1970.

From the temple, we descended to the lovely walkway along the Manzanares River - it was nice to find a little shade on our walk back toward our Airbnb. Next stop - lunch and a cold drink!

We found a perfect little sidewalk cafe - shade and a breeze! Taberna 4 Tapas - the staff was friendly, the portions were generous, the prices were reasonable, and the food was delicious. We had roasted chilis, potata bravas, and chicken (for Doug). Perfect!

Viaducto de Segovia - this impressive bridge is just up the hill from our place. It is massive!

After our siesta, we headed up to the Royal Palace around 5:00 for our free entry. We found out, upon our arrival at the entrance, that we were not the only people looking to save a little money! The line to get in stretched around the building and down the street - well over 200 people were waiting to get in. We decided that we would rather pay the entrance fee tomorrow, rather than stand in line in the heat today. We wandered back toward the Catedral de Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena, which is right next door, and free. Unfortunately, there was a service going on, but they did let us wander around the perimeter of the interior of the cathedral (if we were quiet).

The cathedral is massive and perched upon a hill - it, along with the palace, is visible from most of the city of Madrid.

The interior is not as elaborate as some of the cathedrals we have visited, but the stained-glass windows were beautiful and the memorials on the floors caught our attention.

We were disappointed that we weren't able to do the palace, but we will add it to our agenda for tomorrow. We had a lovely day of walking up and down the hills of Madrid and getting familiar with the lay of the land. Looking forward to tomorrow.....

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Mercados navideños España 2023

Si visita España durante la Navidad no te puedes perder los mercadillos navideños España 2023, es posible que ya haya escuchado sobre algunos de los mejores mercadillos navideños. Ya sea que esté visitando Granada Plaza del Pilar o Fira de Nadal de Madrid, hay algo para todos. Desde una cuna humana gigante hasta los reyes de Valencias del mercado central, puede estar seguro de encontrar una tradición navideña para recordar este año. https://carreteandoblog.com/mercados-navidenos-espana-2023/ Read the full article

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536x720 Plaza de Callao, Madrid, años 1950. Foto Life vía @jfkwarren.

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Plaza dos Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid 🇪🇸

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6 June 2002 - made it to 30 years - El Prado Museum visit plus Chamberí station and supper at Sobrino del Botín

Good morning!  Buenos Dias!

Today is Thursday 6th June 2002.  This would be the first morning that I would wake up outside of Andalusia where I was with family since the 27th May 2002.  On this day I happened to turn 30 years old.  We would visit the Museo Nacional del Prado, and the transit museum in the northeast part near the disused Chamberí railway station.  Also we would eat at the El Sobrino del Botín, which is the oldest still-operating restaurant in the world, operating even during WWII and during the Francisco Franco dictatorship.

We woke up about 7:30 AM and went downstairs to have breakfast.  Nampy Wampys were still available as a breakfast item.  We left the hotel about 9 AM, took the metro route M2 from Plaza de Espana and walked along the Paseo del Prado south to the museum.  The museum would not open until 10 AM.  

The Museo del Prado was really good.  It had many paintings by Goya, El Greco, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso and also Albrecht Dürer.  Albrecht Dürer's name in Spanish was "Alberto Durero".  I had seen most of the paintings while taking humanities class in high school.  It was a special occasion that I was able to see the paintings in person.  

After the Museo del Prado, we went for a small lunch towards the Chamberí metro station.    We had to take a metro to Alonso Martinez, first from Banco de Espana to Plaza de Espana by M2 and then changed to a M10.  My farther found the M10 better than the smaller profile lines such as M1, M2, M3 and M4.  We saw the fully preserved former M1 platform of Chamberí station.  It was restored to when it was opened in 1919.  The faregates are still in use.  The M1 passes by the station but does not stop.  

We went back by the M10, and my parents wanted to take a nap.  My mother however wanted about 4 PM to go on a walk to the Segovia Viaduct.  Neither my father or my brother were in the mood as the weather was crummy.  So I stepped up.  We walked past the Palacio Real de Madrid, the Royal Palace where at the time, it was the residence of Rei Juan Carlos I, who has since been succeded by his son, Felipe VI.  We walked past Plaza Mayor and back by Santo Domingo and Plaza de Espana.  It was a nice walk despite the light rain showers.

About 8 PM it was time to go for supper.  We took the metro to La Latina and walked up Calle de Toledo and went up Cava de San Miguel, and there was the Sobrino de Botín.  We entered the restaurant and then were seated at an upstairs table.  We all had gazpacho soup, and I ordered the lomo de cerdo.  It tasted good with the chimichurri sauce.  I also had a tocino de cielo.  The next time I had that was August 2017.  

We somehow passed by a El Corte de Inglés, and we went inside for maybe fifteen minutes.  I found the electronic section.  There were many interesting CDs for sale, but I found the one I was looking for, "Lifelines" by A-Ha.  My collection for that season was complete.  We could go back to the hotel.

Tomorrow will be the flight home, which may take all day, and we might not arrive in San Francisco any time before the sun goes down.  Hope you will join me then!

Hasta manana y buenas noches!

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Madrid.

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Madrid: No to NATO - Bases Out! Protest the NATO Summit

Saturday, June 26 - 12:00 p.m.

Plaza de Espana, Madrid, Spain

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'Torres de Colón' – Columbus towers Plaza de Colón - Madrid, Spain; 1967-76

Antonio Lamela as architect; Carlos Fernández Casado, Leonardo Fernández Troyano, Javier Manterola as engineers

see map | more information 1, 2, 3

via “Informes de la Construcción: Volume 30, 293" (1977)

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Detenido el productor de cine y exetarra 'Txepe' Lara por enfrentarse a la policía en Lavapiés

Los hechos se produjeron a última hora de la tarde del pasado sábado, cuando se inició una riña a las puertas de un salón de juegos ubicado junto a la plaza de Lavapiés — Leer en www.elconfidencial.com/amp/espana/madrid/2023-04-17/detienen-exetarra-txepes-lavapies-policia_3612252/