I promised myself I’d get a video of this before leaving Madrid, since I’m not sure it occurs in any other Spanish city, so in our last few hours of wandering the city today before catching the AVE (trén de Alta VElocidad – high speed or “bullet” train) to Sevilla, we were crossing the street and I caught this:
chirpies from Catherine Steiner on Vimeo.
[Wow videos take forever to upload...won't be doing too many more of those]. I love that this sounds so much more pleasing to the ear than a constant beeping. It’s just twittering birds, and, at times, it caught me a little off-guard because I thought there really were birds nearby.
Anyhow, here are a couple more photos from the morning, before my camera ran out:
The glass atrium in the middle of the Parque de Retiro - this is so beautiful! It had a marble floor art installation inside...I want to know what happened in this place a century ago
Inside the "glass house" - beautiful, no?
Lauren: There's a bug in this one!
2 comments:
I totally forgot that it chirps when you're to cross the street! What a beautiful day there. I could see the Banco de Espana behind you!!!I am sitting here at 3 AM feeding my son and imagining the sights and smells of Madrid as I live vicariously through your travels. :)
I hope you are having a wonderful time and not missing Mark too much. :)
-Adrienne (even though I am posting under David's account...oops!)
I remember those in Madrid as well! And I remember thinking "where are those birds" too, so you are not alone. And I agree, they are much better than the beeping ones, although I couldn't help but wonder if someone blind has been killed by a random flock of city birds before.
Amanda Holiday
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