Small pyrenean road, or inner city Madrid?Well, seeing as I've only been here 11 days, you'd be rather silly to think this is the Pyrenees, but we'll forgive you if you thought that.
Madrid's Urban Utopia. Created as a hunting ground for Royal Monarchy sometime during the reign of someone (Felipe II I think), its just a huge park. Think Central Park size times 5, its 4,300 acres. It has a beautiful 8 km loop in it for bikes, which is mostly closed to traffic, with a 3 km climb just a 10 minute ride from my Apartment. It is an absolutely beautiful place and a good place to head for a quick little ride. It is somewhat sketchy though, and if first impressions are everything, I probably would never have entered the park. The first time I rode through the entrance there were prostitutes lingering about in the trees. Its a little wierd, but once you get in the park you're safe! So thats where I ride, or intend to ride most weekdays, I've only been able to get out twice in these first couple weeks. They have just been busy. But hopefully come Tuesday after my impending trip to ITALY, I will get into a groove. I just stumbled upon the Venice tourist website and apparantley this weekend is the start of Carnavale, so that should be interesting. I'm really looking forward to checking it out.
Until Then!
Owen
1 comment:
Owen- your blog is GREAT! fantastic photo, and very enjoyable to read about your experiences
RHJ
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