Madrid, Segovia, Ávila

First visit to Madrid after the pandemic. We visited places old and new and took a day trip to Segovia and Ávila.
Basilica de Milagrosa, Madrid
A Madrid parrot
After Covid-19, Mercado San Miguel is busy again
Everyplace we wanted to go seemed uphill.
Henry VIII, Hans Holbein, 1537, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
La Piedad, Workshop of the Master of the Altar of Wettringen, c. 1505, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
San Sebastián, Bernini, 1616. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Reflections in the garden, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
It certainly go my attention. (The Never-ending Story)- the musical
La Gloria y Los Pegasos, Ministerio de Agricultura, Madrid. There are actually 3 distinct statues in this grouping, but this is the angle I had, so this is what…
Dalí, Natura Morta (Still Life), 1926, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Dalí, Natura Morta (Still Life), 1926, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
Statue of Felipe III, Plaza Mayor
Catedral de Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena. When we were last here in 2020, Covid-19 lockdowns and closures were beginning and we could not enter.
Catedral de Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena.
The organ in the catedral de Santa Maria
Colorful ceiling in Santa Maria la Real
Everything inside is colorful
Altar to the Virgin of Almudena