Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Spain: Day 2... more exploring and Prado Museum

 The editor inserts pictures oldest at the bottom, so I'm going to stop rearranging all the time... so just read from bottom to top.



Ha, funny story. On a few walks, I had seen Museo del Jamon. That was one of the bocadillo places I researched before the trip. But the entrance was tiny, no hanging hams, looked like a tiny nook of a tourist trap... man, I was so disappointed with the web vs. reality. But as we walked around Plaza Mayor, we see what appears to be the main entrance, what I had been seeing was just some small access door. WoohooOO... definitely stays on my list of places to hit :) 
Lastly we walked through Plaza Mayor.


We had been wanting to try churros here and we finally did. This one place has been serving churros for over 100 years. They were served with a chocolate sauce, oh my. 


Dinner was at Saint Michael market. A bun with Spanish chorizo, cone of fried shrimp, and some empanadas.
Just another pretty European alley on our walk back toward the apartment.
They didn't allow photography inside the museum, so I snapped one as we left. So many works from Goya, Rubens, and Titian. The place is so large, it's daunting.
We chilled at the park awaiting our ticket time at the Museo Nacional del Prado. 

We've been using these fountains scattered about. They reminded us of the ones in Rome.

We went to the Palacio de Cristal.
It had lots of fountains and a lake with tons of people rowing.
on our way to Retiro Park. The park was huge and just beautiful.
and Puerta Alcala..
We walked past the Palacio de Cibeles...
Then we took a nice stroll down Gran Via. This, as you can tell, is the big, main shopping area. The architecture was still really pretty.
Started full day 2 with a breakfast at a coffee shop inside a bookstore. Cute little find by Bailley.

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