Kestrel showed up at the Atocha Train station in Madrid, it is a huge place and there is a tropical garden in the center, easily 100-150′ long and 50′ wide, two stories high.
Author: Terry Christopherson
I sketch, I paint, I travel and eat, that is what my sites are all about.
Sketches from Avignon
Near the Palace of the Popes, not sure if this was an entry at one point or just an alcove of some sort. A cafe just of the Plaza near the Palace of the Popes
The Royal Palace at Madrid
Enamored by Versailles, King Phillip V started construction in 1738. Though the Royal Palace in Madrid does not match Versailles in Paris, of course what could, it is ornate and beautiful. Cameras are not allowed, as I learned after taking only one picture inside the armory of an armored horse, so here are a few…
Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain
This plaza has quite a history, during the inquisition, in an effort to drive out the heretic protestants, they were strangled here. Gladly now we Protestants are safe, and it is a place for odd buskers – minnie mouse, an overweight spiderman, and some really odd sequined goats.
