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The Better Late than Never Final Spain Post...
(Burgos to Madrid, Nov. 25-29, 2024)
Welcome to the final post on our 2024, 3 month Northern Spain Excursion.
Kissing Burgos a sweet goodbye, we jumped on the bus for a 2+ hour trip back to Madrid where we will fly back to Mexico city on a direct flight. We had only spent one full day there upon arrival to Spain, but now look forward to getting to know Madrid a bit better on this return trip.
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El Retiro Park:
Fountain of the Fallen Angel, The monument was inaugurated by the Queen consort of Spain Maria Christina of Austria in 1885. A masterpiece of Ricardo Bellver
Wow Concept store with the Capitoline Wolf atop, depicting the she-wolf who, according to Roman legend, suckled the founders of Rome, the twins Romulus and Remus....
Campo del Moro and their "Mow" bot....
Apollo Fountain, Ventura RodrÃguez, c. 1803
Elephant heads in the Architecture!
The Monument to the Fallen for Spain....
From Wikipedia....Standing close to 30 metres high,[1] the monument is built on the place where General Joachim Murat ordered the execution of numerous Spaniards after the Dos de Mayo Uprising
of 1808. After various attempts to create a memorial as an homage to
the participants of the uprising, the inauguration of the monument took
place on May 2, 1840, the anniversary of the event. On November 22,
1985, King Juan Carlos I
re-inaugurated the monument as a memorial to all those who gave their
life for Spain, including those who died in conflicts other than the Peninsular War.[2] Since then, a flame fueled by gas has been constantly burning on the front of the monument. This parallels other war memorials around the world of national symbolic importance, such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The magnificent Palacio de Cibeles, The City Hall of Madrid...opened 1919....
The beautiful Windmill Palms in Parque de La Montana....
In our three month Trip to the Northern Iberian Peninsula, we dove deep into the culture of Spain.
Living among the Spaniards, we saw amazing sights from the Beaches up to the Mountains, Big cities and Tiny Towns. The traditional and modern, often mixed, will not be forgotten!
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More to come from Mexico soon!
On the Way with KnJ!
