The day started off grey cold but dry, my route was going past the palace again which still looked grand on a wettening day, wettening or in this case flooding was the reason I was able to see my first stop, The Egyptian temple de debod not exactly what you'd expect to find in Madrid right? Getting in proved interesting opening a gate that wasn't locked had me kicked out of the grounds in seconds! No Entrada!!!! Walking around to the other side I go through the rigmarole of signing in online to gain entry, which didn't work, suddenly we're being waved in all smiles! 😄
I guess having this here is no worse than the British museum, this temple along with at least another 10 had been uprooted and scattered around the world as far as America! Better than the alternative tho, they were all moved to save them when the Aswan dam flooded 500 miles of Nubia southern Egypt and so far the carvings were surviving well! well worth a visit here if your ever around Madrid.
The temple is in the park del ouste which i continue through to take the lift up the faro de moncloawhich for a few euros gives a panoramic view of the city focusing on the view back to the palace here....the metro took me to the next stop at the museum of archaeology, I rather like the layout of this museum after the confusion of the BM last year this one takes you on a walk from the Neolithic up to modern times with thousands of items of interest... Naturally I stick with small metal items!imagine finding this pair!
One thing detectorist find fairly regularly are Jetons (counting tokens) and this display shows the layout they were used in Spain!
Once I'm done it's out into the rain where this statue was in its element!nipping into the metro and back to the hostel to relax for a bit before heading out for wander in the evening dark.... Last night in Madrid too many miles too many places to visit....I really need to sit down and judge how long I can give to each country..... Difficult job!