Madrid is such a jam-packed marvel that it deserves more than one post. Spacious parks abound. Here I posed at one that displayed Don Quixote and his devoted Sancho Panza…
Thank goodness these aren’t the kinds of horses that need to be swept up after.We could have spent way more than just a day at the Prado Museum, regarded as among world’s finest art museums. Outside in front of it, a bronze statue of painter Diego Velázquez made by Aniceto Marinas in 1899 greets visitors…
Even the gardens surrounding the Prado are amazing — my eyes were too busy taking it all in for my brain to remind me to take photos. No worries, dear readers. This short video offers a sampling of the collection …
https://youtu.be/TmFPV8qlZfg&rel=0
We also visited the National Museum Art Centre Queen Sofia, which is best for housing Picasso’s Guernica painting…
Such is my love of Spain and Flamenco (after all, my novel-in-progress is titled, “Flamenco & the Sitting Cat) that here I include this endearing small pen and ink pen drawing, “Bailaora (Flamenco Dancer)” 1945 by Enrique Herreros that was also there…
Flamenco deserves its own post — visit soon to read Part 3: Marvelous Madrid, Spain.
Our trip’s itinerary in posts:
3. Pretty Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
5. Phenomenal French Basque Country
6. Delicious food and seaside dogs in San Sebastián
8. Lovely León
9. Marvelous Madrid — Part 1 — this post (Part 2) — Part 3 — Part 4
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