Tuesday, December 22, 2009

parks of madrid - retiro

The set-up:
3AM on December 21, 2009, Madrid...














Then the visit to Parque del Buen Retiro 12 hours later:

Are they growing cabbage here now?

Whatever they are, they sure are stinky.


The pond, not frozen.


One of many stopped or inaccurate clocks in the city; it was about 3:15.


That's a nice chunk of snow.




Statue alley.


What interesting statues...I wonder if somebody got funny pictures of us trying to get up on that damn pedestal.











A frozen lake in front of the Palacio de Cristal.

With duck tracks.

And a water sprite path through the middle.




Palacio de Cristal looking wintery.



A tiny ice column on the Grotto.


Not much water here.


This tree appears to be spawning a deer.


Discovery of a snow boulder.


Somebody made a snowman on top of an urn. Poor guy looks kind of disfigured.


Meditation in the old convent to end the visit.








No comments:

Post a Comment