Museo de Prado

Today we woke up and got ready for school. Then we rode the metro, 2 lines for a total of 10 stops, to school. I still don't like the metro but it's getting easier to understand. Class was good today, we talked about money and Spain with Iara. Then Fernando talked more about the accents. It is still very confusing to me, but I am trying. He gave us a worksheet for homework to practice with.

After school we had lunch at a place called Nebraska or something like that. I ordered a canadian bacon pizza and Cristina had the lasagna. We shared both plates. It was pretty good, nothing spectacular but good. Afterwards, Claudia and I took the metro to El Museo de Prado. We were suppose to take 2 lines to get there however, one of the lines was shut off for maintenance. I just thought, "well that's typical of the metro." Monica and I have gotten on when another line in our path was turned off and Cristina told me one night it was off and they had to buy a taxi. Taxis are super expensive so they are bad news. Claudia looked at the maps (metro and madrid). She found another route and we were there in two spots. I was pretty impressed. I think she likes the metro, I just can't figure it out I suppose.

Well we went to the Museo de Prado (muesum). It was nice and very relaxing. I saw tons of famous paintings and sculptures. We saw Las meninas by Diego Velazques and  El 3 de mayo de 1808 en Madrid by Goya. We saw others but those were pretty cool. My favorite was Amalia de Llano y Dotres by Federico de Madrazo. It really touched me. Something about the girls face was just so beautiful and innocent, yet mesmerizing.

Then we left. Monica and I came back home. We are now completing our homework and communicating with our families and friends. Tomorrow we are off to Porto, Portugal. I cannot bring my laptop because of ryanair's strict carryon policies. I will try to blog Sunday night if possible.

Here are my pics for today: