More of Madrid

Yesterday we went to el Rastro, which is a huge flea market sort of thing where the streets are lined with booths of people selling things. Some of it is touristy stuff, but there was also quite a bit of clothing, jewelry, music, etc. There was even a guy with a big table of random computer parts, none of it in boxes. Bill could have set up shop there. ;) A couple places were even selling things like gas masks. I was tempted to buy one just so I could put it on and go around saying, "Are you my mommy?" It was definitely an interesting experience, but we were literally in a mob of people. You couldn't even stand and look at something without a hundred people knocking into you while you did. And since crowds are not my thing, after a while I'd just had enough.



Later on, we stopped by the Temple of Debod, which is an Egyptian temple from the 2nd century BC which was donated to Spain in 1968 so that it wouldn't be flooded by the Aswan Dam.









And one more thing... this is housing. Imagine what it must cost to live there.