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Travel with Intent 
Hi Debbie Interesting angle on ‘brown’
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Not always an easy thing to find, but I thought these were beautiful
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Love the patina and the whole look of rows of rustic balconies – so beautiful!
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Beautiful shot! I wouldn’t mind living here, having a window like that.
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Some of the windows and balconies look marvellous.
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OK… I probably won’t be moving into the last one…
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How’s the learning to love the place coming on – Is Madrid starting to work some magic? I made a very brief visit last week and I like parts if it. There’s too much tacky stuff and a vast number of prostitutes but I walked up from a conference in the Once Foundation in the Atocha area through what seemed like little Africa. I doubted the wisdom of this a couple of times but actually I quite liked the relaxed atmosphere of the area.
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It’s starting to happen… nothing wrong with a slow-boil romance 😉
People have said that rents in the Atocha area were quite reasonable, so that’s on my list to check out.
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Stunning shots Debbie. You make brown look fabulous! 😀
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