Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Those greyhounds? look thin enough to be extremely interested in the sandwich. I wouldn't want to be a kidd on the hillside if this two were let loose. On Sat, Aug 1, 2020, 1:59 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yesterday I started my summer break with a day trip to Madrid. This was my > first trip away from Alicante since I returned from Croatia in early March, > and my first use of any kind of public transport since then. In fact, I > originally planned to drive, but in the end the convenience and speed of > the train won out; the high-speed AVE train covers the 450 km to Madrid in > about 2 hours 20 minutes, almost twice as fast as driving, and obviously > less tiring. So I took a 7 a.m. train to Madrid, spent a couple of hours > in the Museo Reina Sofia looking at contemporary art, followed by a walk in > the Parque de Buen Retiro, then a visit to the recently re-opened El Prado > to re-visit some of my usual favourites from the past, such as Vel?zquez, > Goya or Bosch. Then I walked to the Puerta del Sol square, which was much > less crowded than on an average summer day, but then again, it was 40C > (104F in US money) at that point, and hanging out on a square with no shade > whatsoever was not an attractive proposition. So I walked down one of the > main shopping streets that emanate from this square, and happened upon this > group of young people and their dogs outside the Corte Ingl?s department > store: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xkhBJ2H/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xkhBJ2H/A> > > They were collecting money for animal rescue in one of the few places in > Madrid that had sufficient footfall to make such efforts worthwhile. And > the dogs certainly attracted attention and money: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kBKv5c6/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kBKv5c6/A> > > Including from me. I emptied my pocket change into the jar held by the > young woman on the left, and then got her to pose for a quick snap. The > dogs were obviously more interested in the sandwich the other volunteer was > unwrapping: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZFkJQdv/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZFkJQdv/A> > > It was nice to be in the big city again. I walk around the totally > deserted Plaza Mayor too, Madrid?s main tourist trap?except that this year > there are no tourists and the locals don?t go there much. Many more pics to > come. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information