Plaza Mayor, Madrid

Plaza Mayor is a popular must-visit place for tourists. Its a square where you can enjoy a drink with tapas (bite size snacks served with your drinks, some tapas are free at this place). It is surrounded by symmetrical buildings around the square plaza.

At the center of the square is a bronze statue of King Philips III on horseback.

A marketplace was set up in the middle of the square, selling lots of carnival items. Might be for Christmas when everyone can enjoy themselves. It added lots of colour to the plaza, with wigs of different vibrant colours...

And various masks as well.

We then took a walk around after a short while in the energetic and vibrant Plaza. Took a photo of this person, don't know who he is, trying to take a closer look at the lion statue.

"This is MY ball, you punny human.. Roarrrrr.." "Nice kitty, nice kitty..."

Now this shifted my paradigm with "street painters". He literally painted on the streets. I wonder what happens after he finishes it. I had seen such photos on forwarded mails, not in real life and on the street, literally.

Numerous souvenir shops can be seen around this area. This one is one that I like a lot, however, it was too expensive and heavy to be brought back.