[Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/12/2018: a day in Madrid with my daughter

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Lucky you! What a nice idea for a day trip!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 3:37 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Yesterday my daughter and I spent the day in Madrid. The main purpose of
> the trip was to visit the two great art museums, the Prado and the Museo
> Reina Sofía. Apart from that, we were going to have a good lunch and enjoy
> the city a bit. Our stay in Madrid was a total of 12 hours, and thanks to
> the high-speed train that covers the 450 km between Alicante and Madrid in
> 2:15-2:30 hours (depending on the number of stops along the way), it is a
> trip easily done as a day trip. Five images.
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> It is 7 a.m. and Monica and I are on board the train, departing at 7:15. I
> had brought breakfast for Monica, knowing that she would probably not have
> eaten at home before I picked her up there at 6:30:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-c68FHVP/A
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> Arriving at Madrid’s Atocha station at 9:35 (yes, that was the station
> where islamic terrorists killed 192 people back in 2004), we headed for the
> Prado, about 20 minutes walk, so just perfect since it opens at 10. We were
> there mainly to see the huge bicentenary exhibition, which includes many
> juxtapositions of old and more modern interpretations of the same motif,
> like here. What made me take this picture is the amusing way in which the
> man is examining the artwork. I have no idea what he was looking for:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-f4qSL96/A
>
> We then went to the section of the Prado that contains the Dutch/Flemish
> masters. I was especially keen for Monica to see the works of Hieronymous
> Bosch, an amazing painter who lived 500 years ago. Here is Monica looking
> at his triptych, Adoration of the Magi, from 1494:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-m7msQq9/A
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> We spent more than 3 hours at the Prado, so it was time for lunch. For
> that, we headed to Madrid’s central square, Sol, and a nearby Cuban
> restaurant which I visited several times and which never disappoints:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-3cg6TLQ/A
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> After lunch, we walked around Madrid for a couple of hours, including the
> beautiful Retiro park, and then we headed back to the Atocha neighbourhood,
> this time to visit the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid’s main modern art museum.
> The main attraction there is Picasso’s Guernica, but there is also an
> extensive collection of works by Dali and other important 20th century
> artists, and this time there was also a huge exhibition of art created in
> Paris in the two decades following WW II, by French and foreign artists who
> made their home in the city. Monica is a delight to take to such places—she
> looks at the works thoroughly and really takes her time. When she find a
> work particularly interesting, she takes a photo of the painting and the
> artist’s name so that she can research him/her on the net later:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-wPZTthQ/A
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> We spent 3 hours or more at the Reina Sofía, and then it was time to walk
> back to Atocha and take the last train home, at 9:15 p.m. I dropped off
> Monica at her place around midnight, tired but satisfied.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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