More explorations of Madrid in my last post on my journey through Spain.
Last one you guys. No more Spain after this. Honestly, it’s a relief to finally be done documenting this trip. Right after this goes live, I will be heading out for another long camping trip. I will never catch up, I swear.
Let’s start off where I stopped in my last post. (Check out that post.)
Wandering Jana A gorgeous building is a perfect place to start.
Wandering Jana One of the unique treasures of Madrid, the Egyptian Temple of Debod. This two-thousand-year-old temple was moved to Madrid because the area where it was would have been flooded by the Aswan dam. New York City’s Met Museum also has one. Normally it’s surrounded by reflective water but it’s January, so…
Wandering Jana The famous Edificio España, a 25-story tower near the Royal Palace.
Wandering Jana Many buildings in Madrid have weird statues at the top.
Wandering Jana A fancy tiled store front. I wish there were more of these.
Wandering Jana Starting a new day (technically went to the Museum of the Americas first) at the wonderful Museo Cerralbo.
Wandering Jana It’s a fabulous mansion turned museum.
Wandering Jana So many great antiques.
Wandering Jana That’s an interesting looking bed.
Wandering Jana It gets more ridiculous farther you go.
Wandering Jana One must have a Venetian glass chandelier.
Wandering Jana A lovely dining room.
Wandering Jana One must also have a hallway full of armor.
Wandering Jana Bathroom complete with giant bathtub and a creepy pug pillow.
Wandering Jana One must also have a table filled with small columns.
Wandering Jana This house is huge.
Wandering Jana One must also have pastoral scenes painted on their walls.
Wandering Jana I think this is supposed to be a study.
Wandering Jana A super fancy hallway with even more Venetian glass chandeliers.
Wandering Jana And lastly, the super dark but fancy ballroom.
Wandering Jana My brain needs some detoxing from that mansion. That was a lot.
Wandering Jana The Royal Basilica of San Francisco.
Wandering Jana My brain is gone. Exploded. Nothing is left.
Wandering Jana This church is gorgeous.
Wandering Jana And very round.
Wandering Jana So pretty.
Wandering Jana The sacristy is gorgeous too.
Wandering Jana Love that building.
Wandering Jana The next day I stopped at the small National Museum of Decorative Arts. It was small but had nice exhibits. Here’s a sample exhibit.
Wandering Jana Moving on to the National Museum of Romanticism. Another former mansion turned museum. It was half closed because of staffing when I visited but still really nice.
Wandering Jana A dining room. Some of the rooms were decorated other just have exhibits.
Wandering Jana Another new day and starting with a visit to the Museo Lazaro Galdino. Another mansion turned museum featuring a lot of Renaissance and medieval art. Exhibits were featured in stunning 19th century rooms.
Wandering Jana The woodwork had some interesting patterns.
Wandering Jana Really pretty rooms though.
Wandering Jana A gorgeous central atrium.
Wandering Jana Oooo, I like this building.
Wandering Jana And this one, too.
Wandering Jana I spent a good part of two afternoons at the National Archaeology Museum, so here’s my token Ancient Roman mosaic. It’s a great museum.
Wandering Jana The last thing I went to do in Madrid was to find some ice cream and sit and eat it in the Puerta del Sol.
Wandering Jana Apparently, these Tio Pepe signs used to be all over the country.
Wandering Jana Yeah, I could come back here.
I absolutely loved Madrid, which was not something I expected. There are so many great museums. I visited a few more than what I have shown in the last couple of posts. It’s also a great city to walk around in, especially in the main shopping areas in the evening. Plenty of reasonably priced good food all over. Madrid is wonderful and it was a great finale to a five weeklong journey.
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