AussiePomm: In Madrid!

03 August, 2009

In Madrid!

I am in Madrid! It may have taken a 13 hour flight, with a moderate amount of turbulance, broken sleep THANKS to the turbulance and finally waiting over an 90 mins until my room to get ready (I did arrive well before check-in time though), but I finally got to my room at the Hotel Osuna. I very quickly got some things unpacked, laptop on charge and I hit the bed and thought I was going to have a quick (2 hour) nap... This ended up being nearly 4, but I was tired!

When I woke up, I had a quick shower to freshen up, and headed off to ~~get lost~~, find the Metro. It was hot, and seemed to be getting hotter as I walked to the station, so I was glad to see that the train had A/C! It was about a 30 min train trip and I was in the heart of Madrid! Not really sure of where I was going, but I stumbled my way through what appeard to be the main square, a I followed the majority of people, and ended up down at the Art Gallery. Turning right, again following other people, I stumbled across the Royal Botanic Gardens Madrid! (planned all along, yeah RIGHT!). Not that there is anything wrong with the entrance to my work, but isn't this a grand entrance!

RBG Madrid Entrance, originally uploaded by AussiePomm.

In the interest of saving time bringing a lot of images across, I have again used one of my favourite Flicker toys, and made another mosiac...

RBG Madrid Mosiac, originally uploaded by AussiePomm. 1. RBG Madrid Succulent, 2. RBG Madrid Exhibition Hall, 3. RBG Madrid Ricino, 4. RBG Madrid Kings Park Gate, 5. RBG Madrid Dahlia Bristol, 6. RBG Madrid Dahlia Red Giant, 7. RBG Madrid Dahlia Alan Minoum, 8. RBG Madrid Dahlia Nigro, 9. RBG Madrid Sign, 10. Madrid Wall, 11. Madrid Geranium Posiums, 12. Madrid Park Avenue

Inside the Gardens was also a cute little pond, surrounded by grass that had a sign, "Please Keep Off The Grass", which is in total contrast to work, where we WANT you to go on the grass!