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.)
Jana Irving A gorgeous building is a perfect place to start.
Jana Irving 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…
Jana Irving The famous Edificio España, a 25-story tower near the Royal Palace.
Jana Irving Many buildings in Madrid have weird statues at the top.
Jana Irving A fancy tiled store front. I wish there were more of these.
Jana Irving Starting a new day (technically went to the Museum of the Americas first) at the wonderful Museo Cerralbo.
Jana Irving It’s a fabulous mansion turned museum.
Jana Irving So many great antiques.
Jana Irving That’s an interesting looking bed.
Jana Irving It gets more ridiculous farther you go.
Jana Irving One must have a Venetian glass chandelier.
Jana Irving A lovely dining room.
Jana Irving One must also have a hallway full of armor.
Jana Irving Bathroom complete with giant bathtub and a creepy pug pillow.
Jana Irving One must also have a table filled with small columns.
Jana Irving This house is huge.
Jana Irving One must also have pastoral scenes painted on their walls.
Jana Irving I think this is supposed to be a study.
Jana Irving A super fancy hallway with even more Venetian glass chandeliers.
Jana Irving And lastly, the super dark but fancy ballroom.
Jana Irving My brain needs some detoxing from that mansion. That was a lot.
Jana Irving The Royal Basilica of San Francisco.
Jana Irving My brain is gone. Exploded. Nothing is left.
Jana Irving This church is gorgeous.
Jana Irving And very round.
Jana Irving So pretty.
Jana Irving The sacristy is gorgeous too.
Jana Irving Love that building.
Jana Irving 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.
Jana Irving 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.
Jana Irving A dining room. Some of the rooms were decorated other just have exhibits.
Jana Irving 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.
Jana Irving The woodwork had some interesting patterns.
Jana Irving Really pretty rooms though.
Jana Irving A gorgeous central atrium.
Jana Irving Oooo, I like this building.
Jana Irving And this one, too.
Jana Irving 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.
Jana Irving 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.
Jana Irving Apparently, these Tio Pepe signs used to be all over the country.
Jana Irving 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.
Check out the mysterious mounds at Cahokia!
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Start at the beginning of my travels around Spain!
