by the bear and the bush...symbol of Madrid

by the bear and the bush...symbol of Madrid

at Plaza de España

by the ROYAL PALACE
We arrived to Madrid quite on time ...and Lola ,our tour guide, was waiting for us at the airport......The bus drove us to the hotel, right in the center of the city, and we went on a lovely walking tour around the old part of Madrid, before our dinner at a nice restaurant where we ate as much as we wanted out of a great variety of dishes....Madrid is a lively city indeed, and in spite of the low temperatures....the streets were buzzling with people and opened shops, altogether a very good first impression of Spain!!!