So, we rocked in to Madrid, not expecting heaps, but prepared to look around. Over here in sunny England, pretty much everyone craves the sun, or a tan really. Why? Who the hell knows. They’re weird here. Therefore, Spain is a very exciting place for the English…mainly Southern coastal areas, but anyways, Spain is popular.
Why bring this up?
Well, you’d have thought that Spain was hot and sunny. No Sirree Bob, cold and wet. Well, it was in Madrid anyway when we visited. But it was no bother. We still walked around ok.
Madrid to be honest, isn’t THE most interesting city in the world but it has a few things of note.
Tapas was good, again! And we had a great paella, as you can see in the photo above.
Plus, there were a couple of excellent art galleries. For some reason it was a free Sunday for art galleries, so we went along early to one of them which was great. This gallery had stacks of Pablo Picasso paintings, including the famous Guernica. It’s massive and quite impressive. I had wanted to see Guernica by Picasso since I had completed a school project on the painting when I was younger. I hadn't even realised it was in Madrid until I got there, to be completely honest, so a nice surprise and it was good, as I mentioned, so a double bonus.
Madrid to be honest, isn’t THE most interesting city in the world but it has a few things of note.
Tapas was good, again! And we had a great paella, as you can see in the photo above.
Plus, there were a couple of excellent art galleries. For some reason it was a free Sunday for art galleries, so we went along early to one of them which was great. This gallery had stacks of Pablo Picasso paintings, including the famous Guernica. It’s massive and quite impressive. I had wanted to see Guernica by Picasso since I had completed a school project on the painting when I was younger. I hadn't even realised it was in Madrid until I got there, to be completely honest, so a nice surprise and it was good, as I mentioned, so a double bonus.
There were also quite a few Salvador Dali paintings, which we liked. Dali is my favourite artist, so, again, well pleased by this.
The other gallery, the main gallery of Madrid I take it, was chock full of religious art which is obviously good, but we’d seen loads of religious art in Rome, so we didn’t stay too long there....instead, choosing to wander the streets in the rain.
The other major place of interest was the excellent Royal Palace.
Madrid was formerly part of the Austrian Empire and the palace is designed like the buildings in Austria. It was very impressive with loads of beautiful art, and rooms, on display.
Apart from that, we basically walked around Madrid and had a good time.
The other gallery, the main gallery of Madrid I take it, was chock full of religious art which is obviously good, but we’d seen loads of religious art in Rome, so we didn’t stay too long there....instead, choosing to wander the streets in the rain.
The other major place of interest was the excellent Royal Palace.
Madrid was formerly part of the Austrian Empire and the palace is designed like the buildings in Austria. It was very impressive with loads of beautiful art, and rooms, on display.
Apart from that, we basically walked around Madrid and had a good time.
