As you can see by the subject of this blog we got a lot accomplished throughtout the day. We started off with breakfast at this restuarant Cafe&Te. I ordered coffee and a crossiant while Kev got a ridiculously big chicken sandwich and a smoothie. We then headed to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum which is an art museum that displays the collection of a wealthy German Baron Thyssen who is married to a former Miss Spain. His collection consists of minor works of major artists such as Monet, Piccaso etc. Before seeing this permanent collection we saw a temporary exhibit (a recommendation by Uncle Tommy) of Matisse. We both really liked this exhibit. A lot of the paintings reflected the sea or people having conversations from a higher vantage point such as if painted from a balcony so it was as if we were looking down on what was happening.
We made a quick trip to Starbucks to check out their new berry drink that I have been eyeing (not that good) and then went to the National Archaelogical Museum. This museum consisted of a chronological walk through the story of Iberia. It was pretty cool, and the highlight was a column from one of the caves (picture above).
We got some montadillos and went back to the Prado. We finished up the bottom floors and got the chance to see Las Meninas by Velazquez which is considered the best painting in the history of art to many. We also saw works by Titian but we liked the Goya paintings from the day before the best. We tried to go into the cathedral San Jeronimo El Real which was right outside of the Prado but there were cameras and videocameras all around and a lot of people dressed up so we were not able to see it.
We headed back to the room and then for dinner went to check out a vegetarian restuarant recommended by Kevin's book. It looked kind of weird so we went to Dibocca which was a really good Italian place. We both got pasta and a bottle of wine which was great!
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