The Prado and Royal Palace. NBD

After class on Thursday, we went to the Prado.

Some highlights: Borges' el Bosco (This thing is WAY better in person), Alberto Durero's Adam and Eve and his self portrait, Leone y Pompeo Leoni's Charles V and the Fury, José de Ribera, El Greco, Diego Velasquez's Las Meninas, and so many more! Our tour guide, Caesar (pronounced thehsar) is great and he's setting us up for more discussion in our art history class later on when we are settled in Sevilla.

We went from the Prado to the Royal Palace and the basilica.

I have been all over France and seen how the nobility lived but I have never seen such extravagance as palace. There are over 2,000 rooms and every one is gilded and adorned with the most expensive and excessive art and materials. I wish I could have taken pictures of the inside but you will just have to do some research if you're curious. I recommend it. The palace was closed the day before because the king was there entertaining or something. Pretty cool we just missed the king of Spain.

Take a look at the view from the palace:

We stopped by the main plaza here in Madrid and went to the oldest churros con chocolate place in the city. The plaza is awesome!

We got back to the hotel at almost 8pm from our full day of museums and were so worn out we didn't even leave the hotel for dinner. As our tour guide, Caesar, says, "The life of a tourist is a hard one" and it is so true. My life is just SO hard right now :D