马德里(Madrid) – Our Trips Around The World

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8月11，12，13日星期六，日，一

马德里是我俩的最后一站，旅游了两个月后的感觉就是，不再渴望去某地的知名景点，而是可以很奢侈地随意游逛了。马德里人似乎很慢拍，把时间都推后了几个小时，很多饭店的午餐下午1点才开门，晚餐都是8，9点钟才开门。第一天我俩10点多出门，发现街上也没什么人，大部分店铺也都没开门，所以在接下来的两天我俩都是上午在民宿休息，下午才出去闲逛一阵子。

对马德里我还有另外一种情愫，那就是这里是三毛和荷西相遇相爱的地方。以前读过好几本三毛的书，我也服了我的臭记性，虽然不太记得书的很多内容，但是记忆最深的便是三毛对荷西的爱，我记得她曾经写过在荷西意外逝世之后，那种痛是让人无法承受的，但是当她体会到这种痛之后，她还是希望荷西先于她走，因为她爱到不忍心让荷西经历这种痛不欲生的感觉。不过说来也惭愧，我并有特意去追足三毛的脚步，周日本打算去她会经常去过的El Rastro跳蚤市场，据说那里只是周日开，我又没有仔细看经营时间，所以去完索菲娅王后国家艺术中心博物馆之后，打算去跳蚤市场的时候，发现那里下午三点就关门了，有些许遗憾 😒 不管怎样，能来到三毛曾经生活和恋爱过的地方，是一种很奇妙的经历。

因为在马德里我俩并没有去具体的某个景点，基本就是闲逛，买些小纪念品和小礼物，因为终于是最后一站，不再继续旅行，便可以买一些轻便的东西带回家。下面就是一些马德里城市景色的照片。

August 11-13

Madrid is the last stop of our two months of travel, and we are feeling less enthusiastic to go to see famous places, but have the luxury to just hang out. Madrid people seemed to be have a different schedule, maybe due to the heat. Many restaurants only open at 1 pm, and dinner not until 8 or 9pm. On the first day, we went out at 10 in the morning and found that there were very few people on the street and most of the shops hadn’t opened. So, for the next two days, we stayed at the AirBnb in the morning and then went out for a while in the afternoon.

Another reason I was looking forward to Madrid is because this is where the famous Taiwanese author Sanmao met and fall in love with her husband Jose. I have read several of Sanmao books before but I hardly remember the details of the books due to my terrible memory. My deepest memory is about Sanmao’s love for Jose. After the accidental death of Jose, Sanmao expressed that the pain was unbearable, and as her realization of the pain, she wrote she still hoped that she dies after Jose because she couldn’t bear to let Jose experience the pain of being without her. Anyways, because of the tiredness, I actually did not deliberately follow the footsteps of SanMao in Madrid. On Sunday we planned to go to the El Rastro flea market she used to go, but by the time we were ready to go, we found that it was closed at 3pm, so I felt a little disappointed. Anyway, it’s wonderful to come to the place where Sanmao lived and loved.

In Madrid we didn’t have any specific attractions to see so we are basically just hanging out. We went out to buy some small souvenirs and gifts because this is our final stop, so we don’t have to worry about packing.

Below are some photos of the city of Madrid.

snapseed-1242 — 格兰大道开始处的大都会大厦 Metropolitan Building at the beginning of Grand Avenue

snapseed-1243 — 一个超大幅的肯德基广告 An ultra-large KFC ad

snapseed-1248 — 卡亚俄广场另一侧的建筑 Building on the other side of Callao Square

snapseed-1211 — 卡洛斯三世雕像，位于太阳门－马德里市中心广场 Statue of Carlos III, located in Puerta del Sol – central square of Madrid

snapseed-1212 — 太阳门的旧邮政大楼 Old postal building of Puerta del Sol

snapseed-1213 — 太阳门的熊与草莓树雕像，马德里的市徽 Sun Gate’s Bear and Strawberry Tree Statue, Madrid’s City Emblem

snapseed-1225 — 太阳门广场上有很多各式装扮的跟游客拍照片的人，当然是要花钱的啦 There are a lot of people in Puerta del Sol who are dressed up with tourists to take photos. Of course, it is costly.

snapseed-1214 — 太阳门连接着各个方向的10条街道，都是街道里都是各式商店，是马德里最繁忙的商圈与观光景点之一。 The Puerta del Sol connects 10 streets in all directions, with all kinds of shops on the street. It is one of the busiest business districts and sightseeing spots in Madrid.

从太阳门走路5分钟，就到了历史可以追溯到1589年的主广场, 这里一直是兼多功能于一身，曾经是市场，斗牛场，足球比赛场，西班牙宗教裁判所时期，所谓的异端分子也在此处死。现在这里是马德里的一个主要的旅游景点。

Five minutes walk from Puerta del Sol, it is the main square dating back to 1589. It has always been a multi-functional one. It used to be a market, a bullring, a football field, and the Spanish Inquisition where the so-called heretics were executed. It is now a major tourist attraction in Madrid.

snapseed-1216 — 广场中心的腓力三世的雕塑 Sculpture of Philip III in the center of the square

snapseed-1217 — 主广场的标志性建筑－面包房之家, 是行使市政和文化功能的建筑 The iconic building of the main square – the house of the bakery, is a building that exercises municipal and cultural functions.

snapseed-1220 — San Miguel市场，里面有很多海鲜类小吃 San Miguel market with lots of seafood snacks

snapseed-1223 — 各类小吃 More various snacks

snapseed-1224 — 很有意思的外墙装饰 Very interesting exterior wall decoration

snapseed-1226 — 西班牙火腿很有名，这里有很多这种卖火腿的店铺，可以来这里喝一杯便宜的啤酒，点一个火腿切盘，或是三文治。 Spanish ham is famous. There are many shops selling ham here. You can come here for a cheap beer, order a ham cut, or a sandwich.

snapseed-1230 — 这个街头表演的组合很强大 This was a big group of street performances

snapseed-1228 — 不知道这是一座什么建筑 I have no idea what this building is, but looks cool!

snapseed-1233 — del Dos de Mayo广场的Daoiz 和 Velarde 纪念碑 Daoiz and Velarde monuments at del Dos de Mayo

snapseed-1229 — 有意思的路牌 Interesting street sign

索菲娅王后国家艺术中心博物馆周日下午1:30开始免费，我俩利用了这个免费的机会参观了一下。因为免费，只有一部分展出开放，但是正好开放的部分也是我想看的，比如毕加索和达利的作品。很多幅画都不允许拍照片，所以我只拍了几张达利的画。

The Sophia Queen’s National Art Center Museum is free on Sundays after 1:30pm, and so we took advantage of this opportunity to visit. Although because it is free, only part of the museum was open, but lucky for us, the part that just opened is what we wanted to see, such as the works of Picasso and Dali. In many of the painting rooms we were not allowed to take photos, so I only took a few of the Dali paintings.

snapseed-1235 — 达利的“伟大的自慰者” Dali’s “The Great Masturbator”

马德里最大的公园－丽池公园，这个占地125公顷，栽种着一万五千多棵树木的大公园，曾经是西班牙王室在16世纪建的离宫，直到19世纪始才改为公园对公众开放。这个公园太大了，我俩在炎热的天气里，只在里面稍微走走逛逛，去看了阿方索十二世纪念碑，为阿方索十二世国王而建的纪念碑。

Madrid’s largest park, The Buen Retiro Park, is a 350 acre park with more than 15,000 trees. This was once the palace of the Spanish royal family built in the 16th century, however, it was not until the 19th century that the park was opened to the public. . The park is too big and in the hot weather, we only walked around to see the Alfonso XII Monument, a monument built to honor him.