must-visit places

Now I will present topographic points :) which might not be on the toplists, yet I describe them as 'must visit places' - for their originality and originality :) 

Atocha - indoor park in the station building. Lovely natural surrounding makes the impression as if you were in a botanic garden - a short trip just before getting on the train ;) You can find a pond with the numbers of tortoises. Great attraction for kinds! So guys ... let's go, let's go! :) 

Now the biggest Spanish flag located on Plaza de Colón. (metro Colón, Serrano - brown line,4) The flag - really nice, however, it does not impress in summer :) there is no wind! So it looks like a ... "flat" flag ;)

Next to the Plaza there is The National Library: Bibioteca National de España - in 2011 it celebrated its 300-year-old existance. There is a museum too. ( I haven't been yet:)

As you can see, it was in autumn... eh.. .falling leaves, cool gust of wind... yes, visit this place in autumn! or winter :) you will see 'working' flag :)

And one more... have you ever seen Yetti? In Madrid you can! Just go for a 'shopping-mall crawl' during winter time and you are likely to find one ;) Decorations are gorgeous!

OK, I was lucky to meet Mr. Yetti, just because this year the decoration-code was ruled by The Pinguins. So I don't guarantee you will encounter it next year... but for sure another 'winter box-office icon'.

¡Viva Madrid shopping centres! 

street musicians

metro Buskers - metro street musicians
in Madrid - but ¡claaaro!, can be in any other big city ;)

During your trip, way to/ from work, school by metro - take advantage of them - people who embellish your "day by day". 

They really have talents and play a good piece of music so I would advise you to plug off your headphones! or it's enough you turn the volume down from your MP3/MP4/IPod/Iphone etc. (I don't know more "music holders")

I´ve noticed: commuing / travelling everyday the same way make you have your favourite musician... the guitarist, the violinist, the pianist, the flute - player or an indian 'unknown instrument' player ;) 

my short story:

I was going the same way every day, so I got accustomed to them, I had already my favourite guitarist and his piece of music which made me feel better in the morning sleepy walk to train platfrom and sleepy afternoon walk to metro line (6!) :)

One day, in the afternoon...on my way home (don't have to add that... yes I will add: tiredness goes to the very top on the scale, even more than in the evening after the whole day) yyyh on my way home ... yes, and I saw HE was not there!!! empty place!!! ... what?... where..? why..? who... will play now??? .........

and you start thinking of a person whose presence added something to your daily routine and you appreciate HIM when   h e 's   g o n e...

BUT ...

it was even the same day, later on when I recharged my bateries and went by metro to other place (shopping centre, some Plaza or something quite far away - in other way I don't use metro;) I changed the line, walked - in a rush from one plaftorm to another, went up on escalator, turned right ... and suddenly HE! "my guitarist"!!! an eldery India-origin musician... is playing! a song I know very well - yet cannot identify it by names ;)

and a smile appears on your face...and in your mind there's 1st thought:

 "here you are! good to see you", and rapidly 2nd: "Thank you,

 I can listen to you".