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

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

A very well-planned day trip!? I like the third image of a smiling Monica.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/29/2018 4:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman 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
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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
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> 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 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
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> 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
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