Saturday in Madrid

It is 2:30 and I am sitting on a bench in the garden beside Palacio Real. We have walked over 4 miles today and my feet ache a bit. Still not bad for a couple of oldsters :)

This morning we had breakfast at our hotel—very nice—and then walked down to the Golden Triangle of museums, the Prado, Thyssen and Reina Maria. The Prado’s line up was crazy long and online it had said their were no other tickets being sold today anyway.

I had read that the Thyssen might be more interesting in terms of Impressionists so we walked over there and the line wasn’t long at all. It is a hidden gem, so many breathtaking paintings!! We spent an hour walking along the galleries and eventually were replete with images. Couldn’t take in any more!

So we had sandwiches in the cafe and walked over to the Botanical Gardens. Huge line for those that didn’t seem to be moving so we decided to go back to our hotel for an afternoon siesta. Once again though all the side streets completely turned us around and ended up here at the garden in the Palacio. Even R’s much-vaunted sense of direction completely defeats him.

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