Kathleen’s reason for being in Madrid
June 17th, 2014 , 21:12
We did art crap. Lots of art. And this was just the first day of art.
Editor : By that Joe means we went to the Prado! And saw lots of very nice stuff. Got up early due to noise in the hotel (it’s a nice hotel, very clean and nice rooms but very very noisy, mainly due to the young people staying here – yelling at each other, watching TV at full blast, slamming doors, whistling in the halls, that sort of stuff). Then off to our usual place for breakfast and then to the Prado. Where we had to sit for about half an hour as we were early. So sat on the steps watching the swifts and swallow swoop around.
Then into the museum and off to the ground floor. That took about 2 hours, then stop for coffee and the very small second floor, then back down to the first floor to finish off. I thought we went quickly, Joe thought we took far too long.
Back to the hotel for a rest, then out to Casa Alberto for a huge and very nice dinner. Now trying to digest and it’s Toledo (and El Greco!) tomorrow!
