Flying through the air

Somewhere in Spain, on the way to Madrid, in an altitude where it's always sunny.
Did someone look up? I'll never know...

Jardin de cactus

In the rather calm Northern part of Lanzarote people used to earn a living with the production of carmin red dye by farming cochineal from cacti. Nowadays this dye is made articially, the large cati plantations are still there, though.

As one of his latest artworks the famous local artist Cesar Manrique designed and constructed a cactus garden in a volcanic cave.
The garden itself is rather small but lovely, with somy tiny lakes.
For whoever is into cacti, this not very cuddly kind of plants, here are a couple of close-ups of the inhabitants of this garden..

Airport series: Madrid

Second or third post about this large airport, I lost track :-)
Despite the horror stories about lost luggage or people missing their flight on Madrid airport, including myself, I like it. Particularly the new Terminal 4 is so colorful, airy and simply nice. Don't know who was the architect, but this is my favorite airport design so far.



Entertainment for the bored stopover passenger is provided: for aircraft enthusiasts there is a good view of the apron...

...for the technically interested there are strange machines :-) .....and for the ladies lots of fashion shops...but one has to watch the clock!!!

Airport series: Arrecife, Lanzarote

Besides the usual and generic airport building the airport of Arrecife featers a runway along the coast. Along the beach, actually, maybe 100 metres from the holiday people on their beach towels..
Inside the same interior as everywhere else, with the main purpose to make people uncomfortable and wanting to leave...