Woke up and saw on my Facebook that Sean had written to me recently, so I messaged him back and told him to get on, and we got to Skype! I was quite excited because it had been a really long time since we had talked, and if you know anything about me, you know that I need my Sean. So we Skyped for about an hour, then I headed down and grabbed a wee bit of breakfast. Those blueberry muffins are dee-lish!
On the agenda for the day was the Prado, which apparently is a big deal. I got to see some Goya, which were probably my favorite paintings, saw the goddamn Las Meninas (which, by the way, you can’t seem to escape if you’re in Madrid), and basically just wandered around the museum. I didn’t have anything that I especially wanted to see, so I figured I’d just look around and see what I could find. I ended up finding the one Rembrandt that they had, and it was hella lame. A portrait. But their section of El Greco was outta control. I loved it.
My favorite of all, though, were the sculptures. Not only because there was NO ONE in that section at all (I got to enjoy the quiet), but because it was absolutely mind-boggling. I freaked when I saw a sculpture from 150 B.C., but as I went on, I ended up finding a bronze sculpture from 500 B.C. I can’t even describe how blown away I was. Just absolutely incredible.
Had lunch at the museum by myself – pasta salad, a huge slice of chocolate cake, and Coca-Cola with NO ICE AND NO LEMON! Praise the Lord! It was a wonderful meal J
We hopped on the Madrid Vision bus after that to head to the Palace. I’m pretty sure I was meant to be a Spanish monarch. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. It really was a shame that I didn’t get to take any pictures AND the gift shop was closed, so I couldn’t grab any postcards, either. I’ll Google image it or something. There were frescos on nearly every ceiling, and absolutely EVERYTHING was decorated in some way, shape, or form. I think the craziest room of all was called the Porcelain Room, and as it sounds, the walls were completely covered in porcelain. There were rooms completely covered with fabric with the King’s seal on them, and I’m sure the table in the dining room seated well over 100 people. After exiting the palace itself, I went into the palace pharmacy, and it was just rooms and rooms filled with jars full of all kinds of herbs and medicines. It was quite cool.
I was hot, tired, and cranky after the long day, so I split from the group because they wanted to go eat at the plaza. I headed into Desigual really quickly then grabbed McDonalds. It hit the spot completely. But then again, when doesn’t it? J
Came back to the hotel, showered, and Skyped with Wen, Sean, Evelyn, and Mom. It was a very good evening!
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