Madrid has some of the best art gallerys in the world and yesterday we went to 2 of them.
The Cetro de arte Sofia where Picasso´s Guernica is on display after it was returned to it´s rightful place after Franco died.The whole floor where it is displayed is dedicated to anti-fascist art of the Spanish Civil War...very moving....and then of course there were rooms of Dali, Miro,Gris,Leger etc
Then to The Museo del Prado ..certainly the best art gallery I have ever been in and all those pictures that you recognise from the art textbooks we had at school....to see them in the flesh is just wonderful.
Madrid is a very elegant city with lots of parks and plaza and apartment buldings with wrought iron balconies and large and very grand public buildings and palaces (built in large part with Inca gold I suspect)...
Still very expensive to eat and the food is not great either...we are so lucky at home to eat so well for about half the price.
Still no government at home I hear!
Hey Kathie...you seem to be sort of enjoying Spain...they like it if you try a little espanol for them....glad I am not in the heat, but the winds here are about 60k an hour, so not excited about being here either. Spring is coming...probably sooner than our new government...isn't looking fab, but could go either way...a little ulcer producing if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteKeep enjoying all that fabulous culture..its lovely to hear about it.
xx Genie