Museum de Prado
The next day we made a leisurely start and headed off to the Museum de Prado. This is another one of the great museums in Madrid. You can see greats like Venus and Adonis. There's works by Goya, Valazquez, Ruebens, Rembrandt and many others. The statue of Valazquez greets you as enter the museum. You aren't supposed to take pictures in the museum but I snapped this one:
You can see an artists copying some artwork. There were a few of these people throughout the museum, many of them doing some amazing work. I was quickly snagged by a museum guide right after I snapped the pic. Not wanting to actually be thrown out of the museum, I didn't chance snapping any other pictures.
After a few hours at the museum we strolled up the Paseo De Prado, passing some beautiful scenes:
We stopped for a nice lunch (sardines in vinegar...yum!). Then some shopping in the Cheuca district...my friend Denise was on a quest for Espadrilles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espadrilles ) which apparently some people are fanatic about. Then we made our way by metro to the Royal Palace. This place was gorgeous and had a few nice cafe's around it so you could relax with a beer or some wine in this idyllic setting.
We had a terrible dinner at some little place we wandered onto...we made it all better with some delicious gellato before we called it a night.
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