Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 Sof?a. 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. > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 Sof?a, 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 > > We spent 3 hours or more at the Reina Sof?a, 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 > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information