Madrid continued: Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor

After that I went the Puerta del Sol that I’ve heard so much about, which is a major shopping district but also just sort of a major meeting place.
Center of Puerta del Sol

Infamous bear statue in the Puerta del Sol


I walked from the Puerta del Sol to the Plaza Mayor which looks like it used to be a major meeting place for people but nowadays looks to mainly cater to tourists. It looked like they were doing some major restoration work at the time too, but I still snapped a few photos.


Here is another "mimo" remember the guy I snapped a photo of in Santiago? Basically he was standing perfectly still with his arms at his side and when people gave him money he would raise his arms showing the other spider-ish appendages and wave them around in a creepy way.

Main part of Plaza Mayor. There are tons of little touristy shops underneath in those arches and it goes around in a big square essentially.