Hi readers,
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Madrid.
Actually, it's likely that it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere.
I just noticed yesterday.
The city decorated for Christmas two and a half weeks ago. There are lights up on all the major streets, massive fake trees up in all the plazas, and hordes of slow-walking Spanish old ladies strolling arm-in-arm on every sidewalk.
The thing about Christmas decorations?
You have to stop and take the time to appreciate them. Otherwise, they just pass by in a peripheral blur as you focus on side-stepping slow old ladies and trying not to say mean things about them in your head. Or out loud.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a cab, blissfully unaware of the crowds on the sidewalks, and took the time to stop and appreciate some of the city decorations.
Translation: I took 30 seconds to look out the window at a Christmas tree set up in a European chain coffee shop. But whatever, Christmas spirit calls from many different locations. I found the silver-tinsel laden tree at La Rollerie very peaceful and inspiring.
I love holiday decorations. This year, I had kind of forgotten about them (due to aforementioned travel/work fall rush). I'm excited to find some peace in the holiday season. Decorative meditation photos below from the places I will be spending my holidays.
(Sol Plaza, Madrid)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Madrid.
Actually, it's likely that it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere.
I just noticed yesterday.
The city decorated for Christmas two and a half weeks ago. There are lights up on all the major streets, massive fake trees up in all the plazas, and hordes of slow-walking Spanish old ladies strolling arm-in-arm on every sidewalk.
The thing about Christmas decorations?
You have to stop and take the time to appreciate them. Otherwise, they just pass by in a peripheral blur as you focus on side-stepping slow old ladies and trying not to say mean things about them in your head. Or out loud.
Yesterday, I was sitting in a cab, blissfully unaware of the crowds on the sidewalks, and took the time to stop and appreciate some of the city decorations.
Translation: I took 30 seconds to look out the window at a Christmas tree set up in a European chain coffee shop. But whatever, Christmas spirit calls from many different locations. I found the silver-tinsel laden tree at La Rollerie very peaceful and inspiring.
I love holiday decorations. This year, I had kind of forgotten about them (due to aforementioned travel/work fall rush). I'm excited to find some peace in the holiday season. Decorative meditation photos below from the places I will be spending my holidays.
(Sol Plaza, Madrid)
(Rockefeller Center, New York)
(Champs de Elysee, Paris)
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