Siete Picos (April 2010)
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We went for a hike in the 'Green Zone', a bit North from Madrid. A regional train took us to Cercedilla, and from there we took a smaller train that meanders towards higher areas. We hadn't expected to still find snow, hence the low shoe standards from my part (and the wet feet in the end).
Train from Cercedilla to Puerto Nuevocerrada
Puerto Nuevocerrada
Military quarters
Seems to be a ski resort
Sledging kids
Me with my 20$ Walmart shoes in the snow
Ski lift
On the slope
Dead & Alive
Trying out the lift
Fence & boy
View
More view
Taking it all in
Relaxing
Relaxing
Holy Mary & resting girl
1 of the Dalmations
hiking
Bird-like rock
Early flowers
Dead peeping tree
Dead tree
Madrid, with the 4 towers
Along the road
Tree
Might have been a sign
Snow
Avoiding the deeper snow
The top: 7th Peak
Made it!
Refreshment
Taking it all in
The view
Refreshment
The participants
Cercedilla
Awesome rock structure
Finding the way with the compass
Way back
The plains
Flowers
Close to Cercedilla already
The road
Maria
Gwendolyn
Red & blue
More snow?!
The reward: a vermut on a sunny terrace
Restaurant in Cercedilla
Station
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