The photos below are what we saw.
This is
the Neptune Statue near the Atocha train station and close to
Reina Sofia.
The
streets in this area of town, like many areas in Madrid, are
very narrow.
There is
an interesting mix of architectural styles in this neighborhood
of Madrid: old with new. Note the new brick on top of the
older-style stone.
One of
the streets was turned into a pedestrian mall with this nice
fountain.
More
narrow streets.
An
interesting building with an overhanging first floor.
A "green
wall" with growing plants on the side of the wall.
We
passed yet another custom ham shop. Plenty of hams of
various varieties.
The
lower hams were available by the slice at up to $27 (euro) per
kilo.
Our
objective for the day was the Reina Sofia National Art
Museum. Clearly a popular place: the elevators were
recently added as they do not match the motif of the balance of
the building.
An
interesting sculpture out front of the museum.
Turns
out that photos inside the museum are prohibited. But,
before I realized that I got this shot. This is a sold
chuck of iron cut into a cube. Not "cubist" art per se,
but something close in an odd sort of way.
Another
huge chunk of 10" thick steel plate.
A view
looking toward Atocha from the upper floors of the
museum. "If I atocha once, I atocha a million
times....".
Interesting
and expensive stairways at the Reina Sofia.
A deep
stairwell within the museum.
A rather
odd sculpture in the museum's garden.
A nice
kinetic sculpture in the center garden.
After
looking at Picasso paintings all afternoon, this looked quite
"art like".
We left
the museum and got a bit at a corner cafe. From there, we
headed up the hill to Parque Retiro. Along the way, we
passed this government building.
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