Madrid and Beyond

Reina Sofia Museum

Seeing Guernica at the Museo de Reina Sofia, a guided tour of the Royal Palace, the day trip to Toledo and Segovia, and over the top delicious chocolate and churros at San Ginés took the rest of our time in Madrid. The Parque of El Capricho, Plaza de España and more have to wait for the future.

My list of things I want to do grows longer even as our time to do them grows shorter. This is true of our days in Madrid and of our life together. How to stay in the present rather than bemoan loss of possibilities?

At Toledo, we hustled through the narrow streets of the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian quarters to the central square, following our guide as he explained Spanish history. I would have liked to returned to the church with the El Greco painting, but the town is too much of a labyrinth for me to be able to find my way there and back.

Iberian Ham Sandwiches  

Grant had made us Iberian ham sandwiches to eat on the bus, but he enjoyed see all the possibilities in Segovia. If US Customs would let us bring it is, we be lugging a whole ham around for the rest of the trip. They sell ham bags so it could have its own luggage. 

Segovia Aqueduct  

The Roman aqueduct, built around 100 BC, carried water to Segovia from the mountains until 1923. Just stone on top of stone, no mortar. 

Back to Madrid in time for some performance art and a flamenco show. 

“A Political Mass”