Our friends from the Florida Wine Club, Catherine and Jeremy, are currently living in Luxembourg. We saw on Facebook that they were in Madrid so we messaged and next thing you know they came over to our place for lunch. We had a great time talking travel, both our and theirs. We talked about working outside the USA, the old times, wine club, book-club, bookstores, getting older, kids, wine, beer, whiskey, Luxembourg, Belgium, Spain, Scotland, USA, baseball, soccer, bagpipes, food and then more about food. They are certainly kindred spirits and we hope to see then again whenever we are in Europe. We met them in the plaza at 1noon and they stayed till after 5 PM. A great time was had by all. I took the picture above immediately after they walked in the door. Its a good thing I did as we talked nonstop and never had time to take another picture. As we were putting the dishes away we heard what sounded like an aria. We peeked out our window and we saw that square had been turned into some sort of performance space. There were spectators surrounding a large rectangular area centered on the statue. Luckily we were about to be entertained by a fusion of Opera, Equestrian Artistry and Haute Couture. Sponsored by Cabalgando Entre Costura this event drew a big crowd down in the square but also a good crowd on balconies and watching from windows all around the plaza. We sat on our balcony for two hours or more watching and listening.
We pointed out our apartment to Jeremy and Catherine when we picked them up
Two more dormer windows to the right is our place
The newest venue for fashion!
There were a half dozen horses throughout the performances
While the horses pranced and demonstrated fancy footwork
Models would emerge one a at time
The houses would sometimes interact with the fashion show
Mostly they two were separate
Hi ho Silver
A simple white affair
Put on the sunshades
The Andalusian horses worked without a rider
There was a wide range of dresses
At the end of each designers offerings the designer would walk a lap
Fancy stepping
This time the handler kept the horse on the same pace as the model
The shadows just got longer as the show continued
A classic Spanish mount
A classic Spanish hat
The heels gave some of the models a hard time
Just a guy in the crowd
The shadows are well defined despite the uneven surface
Flip that tail!
The most impractical dress of the show
Game of Thrones anyone?
Only one hoof on the ground
Fancy Shoes were also showing
A series of flamenco inspired dresses
This horse was not afraid to use its tail
The wind helped
Time to take this yellow wrap to the cleaners
Perhaps 10% of the models were men
The jury is out on this one
Ready for a North Africa excursion
Leslie looked up and spotted this golden eagle, lifebird!
In a series of wedding dresses the rider also wore a wedding dress
This might have been the nicest dress of them all
And the wedding dress designer comes out in red!
A throw back to flapper days
These guitarists were top shelf
The latest oven mitt look
I can hear the flamenco guitars
Many tiered
