walk around Madrid • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

Proof I was here

The old Hostel stairs indicate they have been used for a long time

There are even duk duks in Madrid, not just in Thailand

Some famous guy

Beautiful and huge park near the Prado museum

It’s a nice walk around especially during the fall

Beautiful completely orange flower

I love the color of these berries

Look at the colors

Of course there are many olive trees in the garden

Majestic tall trees

Of course there needs to be an old Vespa sitting around

Beautiful front door

Interesting statue

Of course I gave him a tip for his excellent performance

Beautiful lake in the park

It seems to me there is some Islamic, Roman and French or Gaulic influences

A beautiful building across from the park

Of course someone needs to have their photo taken as they touch the fluffy tree

A long row of building

Something was going on at the parliament building but I was not going to wait around to see what it was

Of course the famous artist outside the Prado museum

These political comments can be seen in various places

A very typical Madrid breakfast of fresh bread, olive oil oil and a mashed up tomato with a few pieces of raw garlic which I didn’t quite know what to do with

Smoothies are everywhere

Look at these beautiful tomatoes and the huge red bell peppers

A manga inspired Japanese restaurant probably not created by someone from Japan. There are many of these around Spain and Portugal as a chain business

The passport to the drink menu

The main menu were very reasonable prices

Wakame salad which was not exactly Japanese style with lettuce on the bottom but it was very tasty

The Ramen was a good quality but seemed more like Chinese style noodles with a very mild miso flavor

And a fortune cookie. This is indicative of Chinese restaurants but actually the first fortune cookie was developed by a Japanese chef in San Francisco to give the children a treat so it’s kind of interesting to have it in this Japanese style restaurant

plaza del sol

I did not check if these characters were aggressively looking for tips but it’s obvious they welcome them since they have their tip cups in front of them. But it’s entertaining for kids