Posted by sigismund on October 4, 2011, at 10:03:06
In reply to Re: Another day on Wall Street » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on October 2, 2011, at 7:32:49
My feet eventually gave way in the Prado.
(Some of the Christianity is a bit wearing. I couldn´t help thinking of Lou since so much of the collection seems to come from Phillip II and often shows that old fashioned Christian antisemitism.)
But I did get to see some things I really liked. The Garden of Early Delights was spine tingling, the Breughels were pretty good but I wanted more, there were a couple of rooms of El Grecos (that kind of Christianity never bugged me) and lots of Goyas (including his black paintings). And some Rafaels.
Madrid is hot. Am I just imagining that it a bit run down? Unemployment is 20%? Some homeless, some begging, nothing you wouldn´t be used to though. It can´t be so hard to sleep out for now.
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