Buen Retiro Park

We visited this park on a Spanish National holiday and so people were everywhere.
The park features a large lake close to its centre that people row on and around the lake are various entertainers that busk.
Interestingly in the park were a couple of “blue gums” that are common to Australia and we wondered how they came to be planted in Spain.
The weather has been fantastic since arriving from England allowing us to do lots of walking. We both have averaged about 16k steps a day!
We had a tapas lunch opposite the park and whilst the food was quite good our waiter was a sullen sort of guy who didn’t care much for customers it seemed.
Madrid is characterized by lots of large roundabouts with hotels and cafes surrounding the area as well as having some big historical monuments in the center which again is quite characteristic of many European cities.
Had some fun with one of the statue buskers who let me call him by phone...Leer más