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Madrid: Second Impressions

Posted on August 5, 2016July 9, 2019Author Tim AdamsPosted in Madrid, TravelLeave a Reply

Now that I’ve been here a month: FANTASTIC PEDESTRIAN LIFE The clip below shows some of the pedestrian streets branching off from Puerta del Sol. I’ve been too busy boning up on my irregular verbs to study recent Madrid history, but gather that callers-of-shots here are determined to put people and transit before cars in…

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