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...Okay, actually it's a band of 'stone' through the middle there, but I couldn't resist the title.

The back of Rafael Moneo's extension to the Prado museum/gallery in Madrid, if I remember rightly.

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Specifically, Alison's red shoes.

...And yes, she does seem to have a bit of a fixation with dancing...

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A few of the many people I saw admiring these doors. I think it's part of Rafael Moneo's extension to the Prado museum.

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At the big Sunday fleamarket in Madrid.

Apparently it's the largest in Europe, but I must admit it didn't seem all that great to me. Maybe I needed to be there right at the crack of dawn.

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Ah well. Next time.

The Valle Inclan Theatre by Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos (flash interface). It looks rather groovy inside - wish we'd gone in.

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I don't know what it means, but this poster was on the side of a florist stall in a market square which was clearly the place to go for meeting communists in Madrid.

Seriously, though - telly-tubbies and swastikas? What the heck?

...For some reason it reminded me of this rather nice poster I saw in Rome a while back.

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Deadlines are looming at work, so I found myself walking to the office at 8:00am on Saturday morning. Bleugh.

...Still, it does mean I got to be the only one around the Scottish Parliament in groovy lighting conditions, so it's not a complete loss...

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Another of my favourite few shots of this trip. Alison has a new camera, so recently we've been taking hours to travel a few hundred yards! It used to just be me, but now she's caught the blight, too.

This may also be one of the brownest photos I've ever taken - great work blending in, Alison!

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I read that the people of Madrid are known to think they get pretty harsh winters. 'nine months of winter, three of hell' is apparently a popular pessimistic saying.

...If they can do this in November I think they need to come visit Scotland!

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Some construction workers, I think, having a break in the shade.

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Specifically, the tower of Toledo's train station. Nice, eh?

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...Just catching the last few rays of sunlight of the day.

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I kid you not - the sky really was this colour as we arrived back in Madrid on the train from Toledo. Amazing, huh?

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I think I read somewhere that it's the third largest in Europe - which would be impressive, no?

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Well, that's what I thought it looked like, anyway...

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...In reality it was a lot darker than this - it's just that wouldn't have been as good a photo