Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza) Madrid

¡Hola y Bienvenidos a españa! ¿What was that; you don't speak Spanish? Oh well,l I guess we'll have to blog in English (and on a keyboard I've used before in Peru!). So Zack and I had a very smooth trip from Munich to Spain when compared to my parent's trip from San Francisco to Madrid. We arrived at our hotel at 2am on the 6th of …

Today we visited the Thyssen gallery. This collection was purchased by the Spanish government from the private collection of a Swedish family. What makes it unique is that it covers European art from the 12th to the 20th century, and it is arranged in chronological order. We also wandered the streets of Madrid in the evening and encountered a large …

No quiero terminar de escribir esta entrada del blog porque si eso pasa significa que ya me fui y no me quiero ir. No nos queremos ir de Madrid!!

Después de 2 noches sin dormir, un día completo de viaje, llegamos a Barajas. Otra primera vez, Ana María cruza el charco y se dispone a conocer Europa, empezando por la madre patria, España. …

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Another bargain Ryanair flight from Bournemouth; our plan was for a two(ish) night trip to Madrid. It seemed strange returning to Spain, less than a month after leaving it earlier in the year. The flight was brisk with us arriving at a sensible time during the morning. We had some reservations about the connections from the airport to the city …

This morning we drove to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. It is one of the Trinity of museums in Madrid, including The Prado and Reina Sofia Museum. We departed the house at about 09:00. We made it to the parking garage at about 09:30. In Madrid, that translates into easily finding a parking spot.

We emerged from the parking garage, which …

... a great pasta place walking distance from the apartment.  Coincidentally Walter mentioned he planned on going to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, just as Ed and I had talked about. We arranged to meet at 10 am at the museum door. The next day, ...

... Velasquez, etc; Flemish - Rubens, Rembrandt, Bosch, Cranach, Dürer; as well as many French, Dutch, and German artists. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum had a special exhibition called 1914 The Avant-Garde (who were also known as Futurists)& the Great War ...

... buffet was included in the room cost - 90 euros a night. After breakfast, we headed to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, one of the big 3 museums in Madrid along with the Prado and Reina Sofía.  The Thyssen has works by many different artists from ...

... enjoyed the outside and accordian player nevertheless. On the seventh, we decided to hit the city hard, which consisted of visiting the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and El Prado Museum. Now before you theink we're wimpy for only going to two art museumes in ...

... our buffet breakfast at a respectable 8:30 and left the hotel to begin our museum visits. We first went to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, one of the largest private art collections in the world. They had a big Chagall exhibit in addition to their ...

... The next morning, we slept in some, then went out to explore Madrid's art museums.  First we went to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which is dedicated to works from the 16th century on.  There are many Flemish, Dutch, German, and English pieces ...

... . It's my favorite. Way better than DC's.... Anyway, so as far as touristy stuff, we've already seen the Prado and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museums along with the Palacio Real and old "Austrian" Madrid. Georgetown pays for the guided tours, so we got to ...

... ;Cordobeños feel about it! But I digress once again!!!! Instead of Cordoba, I decided to visit The Reina Sofia Museum and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (the last one being a private art collection!). It was a lot of art to swallow in one day... ...

... What do you think we were served? Boiled potatoes with dips. Weird but tasty. Next up was the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. It was a private collection then sold to Spain. It hits many ists and isms through the ages. Fabulous. I felt very lucky to spend the ...

... and girls in long flowing dresses (very pride and prejudice) - but really amazing.   It was then onto the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which again I liked more than the famed Prado Museum (perhaps I was in a mood yesterday??). It was then a ...