The calle de Alcalà 331 of Madrid, part III !!!

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We were back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see some new towns with my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to continue the saga of our new road warrior experiences even if now with less in our family,This post is on my latest road warrior tour of wonderful sublime back to Madrid, Therefore, let me tell you about the calle de Alcalà 331 of Madrid, part III  !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

This is Madrid capital of the province and community of Madrid as well as the kingdom of Spain, All central all comes and leaves from here in my dear Spain, A must to visit at least once in your lifetime or more once bitten with the bug as from Madrid to heaven and a hole in the sky to look down on it everyday ! Once again, thrill to be back to my Madrid and this year twice !! Love it !!! Only 202 km from our rental house in Velliza down on the A62, A6, and this time to the M500 and M30 to the Retiro park and our parking at Parking Avenida del Mediterraneo 28 near metro bus Conde de Casal and the Retiro park, From here back to Centro or old town to see more of my Madrid !

I have to come back here, its a must for me when near the City or in it, memories forever, The simple humble wonderful Plaza de Quintana, along Calle de Alcalà, by metro line 5 in the neighborhood of Quintana , and the district of Ciudad Lineal ! In this Plaza de Quintana, there still even if less on Sunday mornings a sort of market for the trading of stickers, coins, stamps and other more or less childish barter elements that has been meeting for over a quarter of a century.

Madrid metro quintana line 5 off calle de alcala 331 my piso with mima 1971-72 dec24

My first entry and my first apartment or piso in Madrid , We lived in a modest apartment or piso at Calle de Alcalà 331, apartment 2do A , Bùzon 67,or mailbox, in Madrid 28027 zip code area. This is metro Quintana ,line 5 right there as you come up. The working class of real Madrid. Memories that will never go away even if in those early days of the 1970’s with my Mom Gladys,so poor had no camera no photos to show; it is all in my mind.

Madrid Calle de Alcala 331 front door to piso mima y yo 1971-72 dec24

My Calle de Alcalà, neighborhood of Quintana, district of Ciudad Lineal, Madrid. The views from my old apartment looking first towards the Ventas Monumental arena and then towards the Plaza de Quintana. Memories forever !!

Madrid calle de alcalà to ventas dec24

Madrid calle de alcalà to plaza quintana dec24

I would go to Elipa municipal park to play baseball for the Real Madrid CF organisation !! And later the alavin of football !! I would take the bus P13 that after the EMT transport in Madrid was created it became the line 113, still running today ! I still emotionally remember how my dear late mother Gladys took me to Victor Calzados, Calle de Alcalà 278 to buy me my first shoes in Spain at age 10 ! and the immense joy to have my 3 boys going there and buy them shoes as well , and as well with my dear late wife Martine, really a great feeling , And lucky to be there again on this trip and even if not purchase say hello to the staff and tell my story, they were in awe ! They have been 95 years in the spot and about 57 now doing shoes there !!!

Madrid Victor Calzados shoe store alcala 278 dec24

Madrid Victor Calzados calle de alcala 278 inside dec24

For reference, the Madrid tourist office : https://www.esmadrid.com/en

The official City of Madrid : https://www.madrid.es/portal/site/munimadrid

The official Comunidad of Madrid region on culture and things to see : https://www.comunidad.madrid/cultura

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Madrid, Do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the calle de Alcalà 331 of Madrid, part III !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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