Monday afternoon

The top three photos are of a cathedral beside Palacio Real (Royal Palace). The palace was closed by the time we made it there. You can see the side of the palace in the fourth photo. The last shot is in the Plaza de Espana and is a statute of Don Quiote and Pancho Sansa.

Monday AM

We were up early hunting for a good strong coffee and trying to be understood. I had asked for two triple shot espressos and was offered three single shots. Working on the language barrier. :)

Sunday morning at the Puerta del Sol

This plaza is the heart of the old centre of Madrid. They are putting up a giant Christmas tree in the one photo. Most of the shops do not open till 10 am. At night the plaza is packed with people and each side street is lined with tavernas and tapa bars.

Sahara Libre

No idea what this parade/protest was about, but it snarled traffic to get to the apartment (took an additional 20-30 mins). These pictures are on our street Calle Carretas.

On our way to Madrid Spain

The photos are out of order. When I get a chance, that will be corrected. We left Friday morning from Victoria at 9:15 am. We travelled via Seattle, Amsterdam arriving in Madrid at 12:30 pm on Saturday. Our good friends Paul and Anne's oldest son Ben is marrying a Spanish girl. We had to include the shot of the bare chested eastern European as seeing this was definitely a first in our travels.

2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Today was the first day for the Olympic Torch Relay. The plane carrying the flame arrived 90 minutes late from Greece (headwinds and Greek air security). This leg of the relay was at Elk Lake where it was warm but very windy. Thankfully the rain held out. The torch was handed off to the rowing Men's Eight. They handed off in the middle of the lake to the junior eight team. It was very cool to be there and witness it.

Helped a friend move

As we moved items into the house, this little critter just moseyed on past munching on the greenery. They moved into a house in Cordova Bay and the deer are aplenty.

Niagara Falls ON - Archive photo

Ever see a Baseball Player do this????

Thanks Murr for this!!

Fulham FC