Spain Journal- Feb 27th- Madrid

Good Day World,

Day 4- Feb 27th- Madrid
Today was a free day from 8:30am til 1pm for the Art class students. Julia, Krista, Kristina, Claira and myself were off on a mission to find a place to get Julia's camera fixed. As we looked for the shop, we explored Madrid on our own. We found the Royal Palace/Museum on our adventures. It was very large, we didn't go in but we did take pictures out side of it by the fountain and statues in front of it.


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Claira, Kelly and Kristina

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Julia, Krista, Claira, and Kristina doing the Tebow pose!



After finding the Palace, we went on to find the Plaza Mayor. The Plaza was just coming to life. Restaurants were setting up for the lunch rush, artist where putting out their art to sell. Performers were starting to get ready to perform. It was a very interesting spot. Later in the night we came back while going to the Flamingo show and the Plaza was crowded with people. It was a very different scene then in the morning when us girls had first found it.

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Me in the center of Plaza Mayor

The below pictures is of a texture I saw on a church while we were exploring Madrid. I found it very interesting. It looks like a map with different twist and turns, taking us in different directions. I found this mode of building while we were at El Escorial and also when we got to Barcelona. It is interesting that the way this building was made travelled all the way to Barcelona.

Texture on a building I found very interesting!

After walking around Madrid, we headed back to the hostal for lunch. We bought stuff to make an avodo and tomato sandwich. We had pineapple and oranges for dessert.

After lunch we all got together to walk to the Prado museum. Inside the Prado you can't take pictures or carry your backpacks. The Prado is so big that it's not possible to see all the art in one day. We also saw the "earliest know copy"of the Mona Lisa. It was amazing. They are still doing test to try and figure out who painted it. We show work of Caravaggio, Velazquez and so many others.

When we got done with our time in the Prado we went back to the hostel to get ready for our Flamingo Dance/Dance treat. I will say it was a true treat. If you never seen a Flamingo Show, please oh please go. It is very intense and romantic at the same time. The power the dancers have in there feet and the way they move their body. Commanding  the attention of the audience. It was just  remarkable.