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walk around Madrid

as you walk around Madrid you’ll find some very interesting things so keep your eyes peeled.

Proof taking a walk around Madrid
Proof I was here
Old stairs walk around Madrid
The old Hostel stairs indicate they have been used for a long time
Duk duk
There are even duk duks in Madrid, not just in Thailand
Famous guy
Some famous guy
Beautiful park
Beautiful and huge park near the Prado museum
Walking around the park
It’s a nice walk around especially during the fall
Orange flower
Beautiful completely orange flower
Beautiful berries
I love the color of these berries
Beautiful colors
Look at the colors
Many olive trees walking around Madrid
Of course there are many olive trees in the garden
Tall trees
Majestic tall trees
Old Vespa
Of course there needs to be an old Vespa sitting around
Beautiful front door walking around Madrid
Beautiful front door
Interesting statue
Interesting statue
Excellent musician
Of course I gave him a tip for his excellent performance
Beautiful lake
Beautiful lake in the park
Various influences
It seems to me there is some Islamic, Roman and French or Gaulic influences
Beautiful building
A beautiful building across from the park
Fluffy tree
Of course someone needs to have their photo taken as they touch the fluffy tree
Long row of building
A long row of building
Something going on
Something was going on at the parliament building but I was not going to wait around to see what it was
Goya statue
Of course the famous artist outside the Prado museum
Political comment
These political comments can be seen in various places
Madrid breakfast
A very typical Madrid breakfast of fresh bread, olive oil oil and a mashed up tomato with a few pieces of raw garlic which I didn’t quite know what to do with
Smoothies are everywhere
Smoothies are everywhere
Beautiful vegetables
Look at these beautiful tomatoes and the huge red bell peppers
Manga inspired restaurant
A manga inspired Japanese restaurant probably not created by someone from Japan. There are many of these around Spain and Portugal as a chain business
Drink menu
The passport to the drink menu
Main menu
The main menu were very reasonable prices
Wakame salad
Wakame salad which was not exactly Japanese style with lettuce on the bottom but it was very tasty
Miso Ramen
The Ramen was a good quality but seemed more like Chinese style noodles with a very mild miso flavor
Fortune cookie
And a fortune cookie. This is indicative of Chinese restaurants but actually the first fortune cookie was developed by a Japanese chef in San Francisco to give the children a treat so it’s kind of interesting to have it in this Japanese style restaurant
Sol plaza
plaza del sol
Character entertainment
I did not check if these characters were aggressively looking for tips but it’s obvious they welcome them since they have their tip cups in front of them. But it’s entertaining for kids
Mickey Mouse
Of course you need to have Mickey and Minnie mouse
Gelato
They could just write “gelato” but instead they explain it in Spanish
Plaza
Here is the plaza in a Broadview
Mahou beer
This is the new famous beer of Spain and it is pronounced “MAO” which is also the Thai word for “drunk” Which I found interesting
Kawaii
The “cute“ restaurant かわいい
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Visit the Prado museum

when you are in Madrid make sure to visit the Prado museum since it is the premier national classical art museum. What you will be saying is about 95% paintings many of them by very famous artists and in about 5% statues and figurines.

Museum front
The front of the museum on the Goya side
Goya statue Prado Museum
Obviously the national art hero
Mona Lisa version Prado museum
This was very interesting. It is one of the initial versions of the Mona Lisa by da Vinci. The explanation is the background was changed and some other things were modified. It’s interesting to know that there is more than one complete version.
Nun Prodo museum
This nun is obviously to be obeyed completely
Painting
Woman with a Dove
1610-20. Oil on canvas
This painting displays the same stylistic characteristics as works by an anonymous painter who worked in Rome in Caravaggio’s circle and whose activity is documented between I6ro and 1620. Woman with a Dove forms a pair with Man with a Rabbit (Madrid, Palacio Real) by
the same artist.
Strozzi painting
Saint Veronica
1620-1625. Oil on camess
Veronica dried Christ’s face on the way to Calvary, and the impression remained on her cloth. Strozzi was a Capuchin friar and painted this work in his native city of Genoa before his permanent move to Venice in a632.
The painting entered the collection of Isabella Famese. wife of Philip V, as by Velázquez. by Bernardo Strozzi
In the next few paintings you will see people with beautiful eyes looking up. We all know what this means but I find it very interesting that humans are so enamored with the sky and what they did not know at this time.
Looking up
Painting looking up
Guido Reni (1575-1642). The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin
c. 1602-3. Oil on panel
This scene, which Reni painted on other occasions between approximately 1596 and 1607, combines the subjects of the Assumption, Glorification and Coronation of the Virgin, the latter carried out by two angels. Other angels surround Mary, playing musical instruments in her honour and singing her praises. The physical types and earthy palette recall Reni’s master Annibale Carracci.
Looking up painting
You have to eat something. This food was delicious.