Madrid, Spain

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Went to Madrid on the 22nd December with Dalbir. Finally I have some photos with me in the frame, rather than framing the photos in all the previous ones.

Madrid's famous "The Bear and the Maldoño Tree". You can see this bear in many emblems in Madrid and the Bank of Madrid as well uses it as its logo.

The Plaza de Cibeles, with the Communications Palace at the background. This cathedral like building is a famous landmark in Madrid and was first built as a post office.

Heading towards the Royal Palace of Madrid, hoping for a visit in the palace... Crossing my fingers...

The fountain with King Phillip IV in the Plaza of the Orient, in front of the Royal Palace.

This shot is taken from the Garden of Sabatini, the garden next to the Royal Palace. We can only see one wing of the palace from the garden. It is really huge and amazing, however, the queue was too long for us. So we decided to save it for the next visit to Madrid.

One must visit the National Museum of Prado, with its permanent exhibitions of Spanish paintings and sculptures. It is easily one of the world's finest art museum. Proud to say that I'd visited the Prado, however shame that I could not identify any piece of art in it. However, the exhibits are really nice. No photography allowed, and if it was, it will not justify the grandeur and fine artistry of the display. I'd tried surfing online for a image of the painting that I liked, however, no images on the web does it justice. Really have to be there to look at it in its purest form. Read from some site saying that the Prado’s permanent collection is one of the largest in the world. It consists of about 9,000 paintings, 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and approximately 2,000 decorative objects. Because the collection is so extensive, only about one-seventh of the museum’s entire permanent holdings are displayed at a single time.


Now for some photo taking sessions... snap snap snap...