Sunday, July 18, 2010

Gardens and Museums

Today was another day exploring Madrid. Sunday morning lots of shops
are closed. But we found where evryone was. We went back to the park
from yesterday and found an open area with a lake where families
paddled in little boats, a boys´choir sang Spanish acapella, a
saxophone player seranaded people eating ice cream and sipping
coffees, a man made huge bubbles to the delight of squealing children,
and people walked their dogs through tall trees.

We visited the Botanical Gardens, which had a really cool exposition
of bonzai trees, and a greenhouse sectioned into desert, subtropical,
and tropical plants. Then we saw some Spanish greats at the Museo del
Prado, including El Greco, Goya, and Valesquez.

Leaving early tomorrow morning for Brussels.

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