A good-bye...

El Palmar beach, Cádiz, Spain.

Dear fellow bloggers,

It’s time to say good-bye.

I’ve had so many great times blogging for Madrid DP. I’ve learnt soooo much about my city and places that I didn’t hear a word before!

And I feel sad for not being able to go on with this amazing daily photo sharing.

I quit but I’ll try to stay around as much as I can.

I’ve met with a lot of charming people around the world, and that makes me really happy. Also I had the chance to know the fantastic daily work of some breathtaking artists…

Thank you so much for your endless support, and your visits and your pleasant comments and for you helping to improve my english…

You are so special people!!

Queridos compañeros,

Es hora de decir adiós.

He pasado grandes momentos durante la aventura de Madrid DP, conociendo mi ciudad, y dándola a conocer gracias a esta increíble comunidad de intercambio cultural. He aprendido tanto... he compartido tanto.

Me da un pena terrible decir adiós, pero intentaré continuar las visitas y ver cómo transcurre la vida diaria de mil ciudades alrededor del globo.

He conocido a gente encantadora, y eso hace que todo haya merecido la pena. También he tenido la oportunidad de disfrutar gratuitamente del trabajo diario de artistas increíbles...

Muchísimas gracias por vuestro apoyo infinito, por vuestras visitas y comentarios que me han animado durante todo este tiempo. Y por haberme ayudado a mejorar en algo mi pobre inglés...

¡Sois muy especiales para mí!

And now, as it will be impossible for me to give up 100% on blogging, i'll keep on posting as long as I can on my other blog... Momentos.
You'll be very welcome there!
Thank you so much, and see you pretty soon!

cine de verano

Last Friday I enjoyed with a coupled of friends of this amusant movie in an open-air movie theater. I guess everybody knows what movie is, uh? Have you seen it? It was my second time and I really enjoyed it! :)

El viernes pasado estuve con unos amigos viendo esta divertida película en el cine de verano. ¿Sabeís de que peli se trata, verdad? Era la segunda vez que la veía y me volvió a encantar! :)

Listening to Elton John Tiny dancer

pure nature

Believe me or not, but I took this photo on downtown Madrid!! Oh... I just love Retiro Park!!

Aunque parezca difícil de creer, esta foto la hice en ¡pleno centro de Madrid!
El Parque del Retiro, es un lugar realmente fantástico!

Listening to The Smashing Pumpkins Bleeding the orchid

bends

Fancy a ride?

¿Un paseíto?

Listening to Road trippin' The Red Hot Chillie Peppers

Near Atocha station is Ministry of Agriculture which has an impossing set of brozen sculptures in its top.
Can you see a little Bart Simpson over there? I guess it's the only yellow point in the pic! have a nice weekend!!

Cerca de la estación de Atocha está el Ministerio de Agricultura, que presenta unas esculturas impresionantes en lo más alto.
pasad buen finde!

At Reina Sofia

Madrid on August is not a "nothing-to-do" city. There are so many museums and activities to performance, so if you have the time and don't notice the sun in your head, you can join an art evening at Reina Sofía Museum. This is an Linchestein art work which stands in the new entrance of the museum. So yellow, don't you think?
Have a great day!

Lo bueno de vivir en una ciudad grande es que siempre hay algo que hacer, y muchas cosas que ver. Esta foto la hice en la parte nueva del Museo Reina Sofía, y es un trabajo de Linchestein que puedes ver sin entrar al museo (y por tanto sin pagar!). ¿Qué os parece?
¡Pasad un buen día!

Listening to Antony and the Johnsons Youre my sister

emptyness on agoust

This is Ciudad Universitaria metro station entrance at 5 past something of yesterday's hot evening. As you can see the place is empty. The university is empty indeed right now, only people working there (as I am) remain there. There's no noise, movement... everything is so quiet... it's even scary!!
How's your vacation? I hope you're having a great time!
Thank you for coming and visit! =)

San Andrés de Teixido

According to the legend, San Andrés (Saint Andrew) came in a boat of stone to this little village. And he rested here and the boat became a rock in the coast of the sea where the waves crashed against it...

I don't know if that's right or just a tale, but I can tell you this is such a magic place with a great and bewitched atmosphere!

Click on image to enlarge it!

Cuenta la leyenda que el cuerpo del santo llegó aquí en una barca y ésta lo depositó a los pies del monte, antes de quedar convertida en una roca que aún lanza espumajos blancos cuando las olas chocan sobre ella...

No sé cuanto hay de verdad en estas palabras, pero sí que puedo aseguraros de que este sitio y el entorno es completamente mágico!

Listening to Luar na Lubre O Son do Ar

Back from paradise...

I'm back to Madrid! back from a holiday week I've spent in Galicia, in a very little village near A Coruña, a beautiful place in the NorthWest of Spain.
As I don't have any new Madrid-photo, I've decided to post some photos of my journey here these days. I know I'm breaking the rules, but hey, I think you're gonna like them very much!

Did you remeber my red theme day photo? Well, as some of you asked me to show my little car, here it is, where the land finish! ;)

Hope you're having a great time! And thank you very much for your visits!!!

Pues ya estoy de vuelta en los Madriles, de vuelta de una semanita de vacaciones por las tierras galegas, más concretamente en una aldeiña cerca de A Coruña, una zona preciosa del noroeste de España.
Como no he podido hacer fotos nuevas del asfixiante Madrid he decidido colgar algunas del viaje estos días. Sé que estoy rompiendo las reglas del juego, pero también estoy segura de que os van a gustar mucho!

Bueno, como muchos de vosotros me preguntasteis por mi pequeño cochecito cuando colgué la foto de la pegatina que llevo, os lo enseño aquí, en una paisaje nada envidiable a las calles de Madrid, donde la tierra termina!

¡Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas mientras estaba fuera, espero que lo esteís pasando genial, de vacaciones o no!

Listening to the Cranberries Animal instinct

see you soon!!

Hi folks!
I'm going out of Madrid for a week... I'm going to miss it a little bit but I need just doing nothing for a while! :)
I hope you all have a great days in your places! See you really soon with more photos!
By the way, that's Paseo de la Castellana. And you see there the Kio Towers and in the middle the new towers that are being built.
have a great time!

Listening to Michael Buble You look wonderful tonight

Enjoy the summer

When it's really hot you can do some things... stay at home, stay in some place with air-condition or if you like being at the street.. enjoy the hot!
I'll be on vacation pretty sooooooon!!!

Cuando el calor aprieta tienes varias opciones... estar en casa, estar en algún sitio con aire acondicionado, o si te gusta la calle, disfrutar del calorcito!! ;)
¡¡Me falta muy poquito para mis vacaciones!!

Listening to Miguel Domingo & Tiza La Primera Piedra

I don't know very much about this building, but I can tell you the left side street is Gran Via and the right one is Leganitos street (which is a funny name for me)... But I think it's an originakl design. Do you like it?
ooohh it's hot here right now!

No sé mucho sobre este edificio, lo único que a la izquierda está la Gran Vía y a la derecha la calle Leganitos (que me parece un nombre bastante divertido)... Pero me parece un diseño original ¿no?
Uf, hace mucho calor aquí...

A worldwide famous M

The ocio-area of the shopping centre is full of fast-food restaurants that I guess you can find all over the world... Sometimes I wonder if that is a positive fact or not... I think it's a real sign of "globalization". Maybe in a future we eat always the same in no matter where you are!
(By the way, next to McDonals is a chain of hairdress) (So maybe we cut our hair in the same way too!) ;)

La zona de ocio del centro comercial está llena de restaurantes de comida rápida que imagino se encontrarán en casi cualquier parte del mundo. A veces me pregunto si esto es algo positivo o no... pienso que es un signo inequívoco de la globalización que estamos viviendo. En un futuro puede ser que acabemos comiendo siempre igual sin importar el país dónde vivas... (por cierto, al lado de McDonals hay una cadena de peluquerías... asi que probablemente también todos nos cortemos el pelo de la misma forma!) ;)

Listening to Henry Mancini The pink panther theme

old fashion looks better

This is close to Jacinto Benavente square I've show you a couple of days before (remeber the bronze guy?). I really like this kind of old-design buildings with balcony... it's really cool don't you think?
I hope you all have a wonderful summer weekend!!

Esta foto la tomé muy cerca de la plaza de Jacinto benavente que os enseñe hace un par de días (la del hombre de bronce...). Me gusta mucho este tipo de edificios, con fachada antigua, con esos balcones... creo que son una pasada ¿no os parece?
¡¡Espero que paseís un fantástico fin de veraniego!! :)

Listening to Diana krall come and dance with me

again and again

Again and again this is what I see everyday from my car when I'm going to work. Always this red light and purple flowers and the blue signal... Have you seen Groundhog Day movie? I guess it's something like that! ;)

Una y otra vez, esto es lo que veo todas las mañánas desde mi coche de camino al trabajo. Siempre este semáforo en rojo, siempre las flores moradas a la izquierda y la señal azul... ¿Habeís visto la película de Atrapado en el tiempo? Pues podría ser algo así... ;)

Listening to PJ Harvey Big exit

apologies..

Hey.... I'm very sorry for this HUGE DELAY on posting... I was out of town without internet connection for a couple of days on vacation, and it was impossible for to to go on with this. But now i'm here again and I will try to continue on posting.
How've been you doing? what are you going to do for summer holidays?
I bring you this bunch of roses for my apologies... and the other one just as a witness of my free time... ;)

sky

Uf... this week I'm busy to think of what can I say about this pic.. so just let it to you ;)

People

I love walking by downtown streets and watch people... Happy week!

Me encanta pasear por el centro y ver a la gente... ¡Feliz semana!

Listening to Presuntos Implicados Gente

Red on July 1st theme day

Today's theme day is RED. And red is my little car, and this is a flower sticker I have in the back of it! :)

Hoy el tema común es el ROJO. Y rojo es mi cochecito, asi que la foto la tenía más o menos fácil no?

Listening to Celtas Cortos 20 de Abril

Today's theme day is red and there is a lot of DP bloggers participating... take a look at their sites here:
Shanghai, China - Mumbai, India - New York City (NY), USA - Manila, Philippines - Albuquerque (NM), USA - Hamburg, Germany - Stayton (OR), USA - Los Angeles (CA), USA - Hyde, UK - Oslo, Norway - Brookville (OH), USA - Melbourne, Australia - Stavanger, Norway - Bellefonte (PA), USA - Bucaramanga (Santander), Colombia - Joplin (MO), USA - Singapore, Singapore - Selma (AL), USA - Cleveland (OH), USA - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Chandler (AZ), USA - Stockholm, Sweden - Seattle (WA), USA - Boston (MA), USA - Arradon, France - Evry, France - Baton Rouge (LA), USA - Maple Ridge (BC), Canada - Boston (MA), USA - Grenoble, France - Cottage Grove (MN), USA - Greenville (SC), USA - Hilo (HI), USA - Nelson, New Zealand - La Antigua, Guatemala - Brisbane (QLD), Australia - Singapore, Singapore - Tel Aviv, Israel - Hong Kong, China - Sequim (WA), USA - Paderborn, Germany - Saarbrücken, GermanyRotterdam, Netherlands - Tenerife, Spain - Kyoto, Japan - Tokyo, Japan - Sydney, Australia - Naples (FL), USA - Cologne (NRW), Germany - Wassenaar (ZH), Netherlands - Saint Louis (MO), USA - Cypress (TX), USA - Ocean Township (NJ), USA - Mainz, Germany - Toruń, Poland - Menton, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Singapore, Singapore - North Bay (ON), Canada - Jakarta, Indonesia - Montréal (QC), Canada - Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Minneapolis (MN), USA - Baziège, France - San Diego (CA), USA - Prague, Czech Republic - Ampang (Selangor), Malaysia - New York (NY), USA - Kajang (Selangor), Malaysia - Sharon (CT), USA - Newcastle (NSW), Australia - Port Angeles (WA), USA - Nottingham, UK - Villigen, Switzerland - Chicago (IL), USA - Torquay, UK - Brussels, Belgium - San Diego (CA), USA - Mexico (DF), Mexico - Saint Paul (MN), USA - Cape Town, South Africa - Paris, France - Seoul, Korea - Manila, Philippines - Milano, Italy - Austin (TX), USA - Chennai, India - Madrid, Spain - Seoul, South Korea - Wailea (HI), USA - Toronto (ON), Canada - Ajaccio, France - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Silver Spring (MD), USA - Zurich, Switzerland - Sydney, Australia - Budapest, Hungary - Moscow, Russia - Auckland, New Zealand - Torino, Italy -

Night coming back home...

As I was walking by the street coming back home I saw it very clear, I had to stop and snap a photo... it was just five or ten minutes ago...( well maybe a little more)
Have a grat weekend everyone!! :)

Mientras volvía a casa caminando no pude pasar de largo y tuve que parar a sacar una foto... hace 5 ó 10 minutos... (bueno o un poco más)
¡¡Pasadlo bien!! :)

Listening to Bob Sinclair Love generation