It’s my last day in Spain ☹
Mom and I have been in Madrid since Friday. Madrid is really, really pretty. I’m a huge fan of the city. The weather is beautiful. Not anywhere near as hot as Sevilla which is refreshing. It’s a different scene than Barcelona. Barcelona reminds me more of NYC, as I have said before. Madrid is quieter.
When we got here Friday, we walked around to Plaza Mayor and Puerta de Sol, which are important landmarks. We had dinner and just relaxed. That’s kind of been the scene for the past few days. All this traveling is actually starting to catch up with me lately. I’ve been pretty tired.
Saturday we went and saw the Museo del Prado. It was the biggest art museum I’ve ever seen. So much art. We couldn’t bear to see it all. But we did see the important stuff. I was content to see Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” because I had to do a project on that in high school. It was very cool to see the original. Later in the day we walked around to see the King’s Palace and walked through gardens. There was a concert, which was really pretty to hear. Spain is just so much cooler. Sheesh!
Today when we woke up mom went to church and I stayed in the hotel and used their gym. I needed to get a run in. It made me feel much more energized, today was more tolerable than yesterday. We then had some coffee and went to Museo de Reina Sofia. It’s a modern art museum and I absolutely loved it. Picasso’s “Guernica” is there – it’s huge and historic and magnificent and sooo cooooool. Picasso is my favorite artist in case you haven’t noticed. I also was pleasantly surprised to see the other art that they had there. I went in excited about “Guernica” but I really liked looking at the other art. There was lots of abstract art, modern, surrealism, cubism….so many styles! After the museum we had lunch. My last big meal in Spain ☹ I had gazpacho and albondigas (meatballs!) and I was more than content with that. Mmmm.
Right now my mom is taking a siesta (she’s such a Spaniard!). I’m just listening to music so I figured I would update my blog. Madrid has been a perfect end to my Spain travels. Seeing the art museums after I’ve learned so much of Spain’s history over the past 7 weeks has been more meaningful than it would have been if I hopped off a plane and saw them.
I AM SO SAD TO BE LEAVING TOMORROW : ( But I am so happy I have amazing friends and family to come home to.
Well, don’t want to spend my last hours on the computer. Gonna go do some last minute absorption of Spain.
I’ll probably have a tearful blog entry when I get back and recuperated in the United States…but this is the last one from Spain
Hasta Luego Amigoooooos
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