[Leica] Nathan's PAD 31/7/2020: young madrileños and their dogs

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)]

a little fun finally

ric


> On Aug 1, 2020, at 2:59 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xkhBJ2H/A 
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xkhBJ2H/A>
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> 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kBKv5c6/A 
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kBKv5c6/A>
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> 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZFkJQdv/A 
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ZFkJQdv/A>
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> 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
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