Invierno en Madrid - Part 1



My first trip out of france since i got my visa and can leave the country was to Madrid.  Winter in Madrid is cold around 50 fareheit.  contrary to american belief there is winter in madrid but at least its still sunny all the time.


light up map of madrid at the airport train station.


i stayed at my old pal Marco Antonio Pardo Hernandez's place in lava pies.



there are two elevators in his building and interior and exterior one and they're in the middle of the structures


marco and his friend totally renovated his apartment 



a hotel near his house


this will soon be an apple store at puerta del sol, the center of town.  they took down the toro sign and everyone is p!ssed about it but i doubt apple will put it back.  another icon of madrid gone.


there are soooo many of these guys buying and selling gold walking around wearing these neon green vests.  they are everywhere and no one talks to them.  i can't figure out what illicit activities they would be doing though.







i wanted to try this place.



check her out on the inside.  bonus dude walking in the back



yes sometimes i do have to pay the piper and work.


a lot of old ladies around madrid wear fur coats.


plaza mayor



why can't paris have these?  probably because no one would use them.  something has to be done!


Museo ABC, an illustration museum!


it's a cool space




tirso de molina station, marco's station


there he is


more Achara from Beijing.  she used to be a model so a tall, leggy, hot chinese girl in Madrid really stands out because their point of reference all their lives for chinese girls are the short stumpy gremlins that sell beer or own the cheap deli's.


some girls from marco's swing dance class.  I went to 2 or 3 swing parties with marco in the 5 days i was there.  the spanish party all the time.  there are swing parties almost everyday.  it's hard to get anything done in spain.

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