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"This is the prettiest street in Spain!"
... altogether unexplainable and complicated, and the Picassos were impressive as well. My favorite part was seeing the Guernica, the piece he was commissioned for during the 1937 World's Fair by the Republican government in response to the bombing of Guernica in the Basque country by German and Italian forces. They also had a set of pictures showing how the piece changed from when he started, as it evolved during the different stages of painting, which I loved! ...
Roman ruins
If today is anything to go by, reducing the travel times might also help with adjusting our frightfully British and un-continental daily timetable. We always seem to arrive at things at the wrong time, which leaves us feeling like we're horribly early for the party, we've missed it entirely, or we have to go to bed before it gets going!
We set off at 10.00 from Aranda del Duero and drove south for just over an hour to Segovia. It felt ...
Real madrid
... Lesley dared to make a quiet comment to me about minding my head on a low door she was pounced on by one of the guards!
Deep in the basement is the Pantheon, where sarcophagi containing the remains of every Spanish king since the Emperor Charles V are stacked on shelves. Next door is a long series of rooms where the sarcophagi of countless Infante are stored, the children of kings who never got ...
The last day
So today is the last touring day before I head home tomorrow... the pressure's on tourist!
We tour around Madrid for a while and then go into the Prado museum to see the beautiful works by Velazquez, Goya, El Greco, and other famous artists. Definitely more time is needed to fully appreciate the artwork in the Prado!
In the afternoon is our last road trip to the nearby town of Segovia. Three things are interesting in Segovia:
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The Magical Kingdom of Segovia
... a town in Disneyland with all the tourists bustling around. We grabbed a map at the tourist office and a snack at a nearby café, and then work our way up towards the main Cathedral and Castle. All of our navigation skills combined found us lost on side streets with laundry hanging out windows to dry. I would not fail as the leader so I marched ahead and located the correct street leading to the fortress wall and stairs to the other side. ...
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