D117 -- Churros bombon: genius!

After a quick workout at the gym we went to check out the Reina Sofia Museum. It was mostly modern and postmodern Spanish art, which neither of us are crazy about. But Thomas enjoyed the insane Dalí works and I enjoyed the many Picasso paintings. The highlight was definitely Guernica, a mural Picasso painted in response to the bombing (by Germans in league with Franco) of a Basque town during the Spanish Civil War. I often miss the meaning behind paintings, poems, etc., but it was hard to misinterpret the message here – horror, pain, fear.


We left the museum and headed to the train station to get our tickets to Sevilla for tomorrow. We've noticed as we've walked around Madrid that Madrileños of all ages are very fashionable. Take this woman (probably in her late 50s), for example. She's wearing a really cool shirt and matching purse. But are you supposed to be able to see her bra?

We took the metro from the train station to the sister restaurant of the Mexican place we'd eaten at a few days ago. After we got off the metro we had to walk a few blocks through graffiti-covered buildings. Finally a side of Madrid different from the monuments, beautiful buildings, and clean streets! Not that I prefer the graffiti, mind you, but we always like to go beyond the tourist track.

After dinner we discovered churros bombon at Maestro Churro. Churros covered with chocolate - Brilliant! He truly is the “Maestro.” We headed back to the hotel to pack for our trip to Sevilla, then it was off to bed around 3am . We've been staying up late here in Madrid. We like the night life, we like to boogie. Mas or menos.

-Elva