After dropping off the laundry at the laundromat and the broken glasses off at Corte Ingles we headed off to the Thyssen Museum to complete the Madrid art museum triumvirate which began with our visits to The Prado and The Reina Sofia.
Some call this the “”Golden Triangle of Art” but to me The Golden Triangle will always be the area of Southeast Texas between the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange which was immortalized in the song of the same name by the Austin Lounge Lizards on their album Creatures From the Black Saloon.
This museum houses a collection of art that originally started as a private collection by the late Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Some have described this collection as having many lesser works by the great masters and greater works by the lesser known.
It is a wonderful gallery and an excellent collection. The museum was not overly crowded and was a very pleasant place to while away a few hours.
When we emerged from the gallery the sun was shining brightly and we were a hop skip and a jump from Retiro Park so we decided to head over there to see if we could capture some of the highlights in the sun light.
I’m glad we did!
Monument to Alfonso XII
William The Sheep had to have his picture taken in front of the monument…
The Crystal Palace
The Fuente de Alcachofa (Artichoke Fountain)
We left the park and caught The Metro to pick up our laundry. When we arrived at the laundromat there was a bit of a commotion.
There was a film crew in the laundromat filming a scene for their movie. Either that, or it was a Spanish documentary on the horror of well worn tourist socks and underwear…
We had to wait a bit to collect our laundry, but before long we were back on The Metro and headed for home (the hotel).
Once we dropped off our things we headed out to the local Museo de Jamon to purchase some ham and bread to take back to the room for sandwiches.
After we had sated our hunger we determined that we’d had enough and called it a day.
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BTW, Cynthia has really enjoyed the comments that you guys have been making to these posts. Keep ’em coming!
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I’m here reading every day! I’m enjoying your updates so much.