Dr. J landed in Madrid in mid-July, flying in early on the 16th, and arriving at the IBIS Centro Madrid Hotel, just beside the Plaza de Toros,
the stadium area where the bullfights happen.
Day 1 was spent on a lovely 40 C. day walking around the central old city in Madrid.
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Above: A gentleman acting like a statue of a motorcycle crash in Puerta del Sol, the main square in central Madrid.
Below: Pictures 1 and 2 are in Plaza de Toros, the stadium where the bullfights occur each Sunday from April to October.
Pictures 3 to 11 are view in and around Puerta del Sol, the main square of Madrid, a city of about 3.2 million people. Picture 10 shows the Governor's Office.
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