Other parts of El Retiro park.

At the end of it all- we had a 'frozen' beer (the heat here stays around 36c). 

                                

The Palacio de Velazquez had interactive pieces by a Brazilian artist named Cildo Meireles- the fake sea is made from 17,000 books with photos all of sea water.                                

                                 

                             

                   The crystal palace, now has temporary art exhibits, but I was more interested in the building itself, and wishing that it still housed exotic hothouse flowers.