Walking Tour of Madrid - Pictures

And so begins a Sunday afternoon walking through the downtown area. It's all pretty touristy but also quite pretty. It was a FOUR hour walking tour... and I'm sure they could have covered much more.

View from above. Artsy, I KNOW. 

Area for kids at the protest - I think this is part of the "Daycare" they offer. 

Buildings surrounding Teatro Real, the big but not that great looking Opera house.

Crazy dancing in front of Teatro Real. Zumba-ish..

Plaza de Oriente

Plaza de Oriente

The little girl and her ballon were just too cute.

These guys are everywhere, walking around or making crazy noises. NOT okay. 

Catedral de la Almudena. Ugly from this side....

Beautiful from behind. Tour guide had a good joke about this as you can imagine.

Apartments above a restaurant.

Pretty Pretty.

Street signs like this are the norm. No where to be found but on buildings.

Plaza Mayor with something huge and ugly in the middle!

All those windows are individual apartments that sell for 1 million euro. Insane. 

Lunch break outside "Museo de Jamon" in Plaza Mayor.

View of the city center from afar. 

That covers a lot of the tour. It was extremely hot and I got a pretty bad sunburn. It was bound to happen eventually I guess.

I've just moved into my apartment for the summer. Great feeling to finally be settling in, although also quite bizarre.