It was a bright, sunny day in Madrid and we headed downtown to the Prado Museum today. The Prado is one of the top museums in the world and their collection is essentially that of the Spanish kings when Spain was the world’s top power. They have good early Italian and Dutch paintings, but mostly their collection centers on Spain’s great painters such as Goya, Velázquez and El Greco.
From the museum we took a stroll through the center of old Madrid. We came across a large protest at Puerta del Sol. There are elections in Spain on Sunday and all protests are banned but that doesn’t stop them. We stopped in at the Museo de Jamon (see picture) for a look. The Ham Museum also doubles as a bar but you can see the hams hanging all around. We then walked through Plaza Mayor. Plaza Mayor is the main plaza in Madrid and famed for bullfights back in the day and of course public executions, especially during the inquisition when many “supposed” heretics were put to death.
We spent the rest of the afternoon in the pool, went out to a very nice dinner at a local restaurant and finished the night with a toast of Cava (the Spanish version of champagne) to “good times.”
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