We had another fairly late start today, and checked out at eleven am. Fortunately, we can leave our backpacks stored at the hostel, so we can spend the day wandering around before the bus picks us up at 11.30 pm.
A ham and cheese roll for breakfast, before walking one and a half kilometers to Museo del Prado. This museum is full of art from 15th – 19th centuries, created by mainly Spanish and Italian artists. The half hour queue to get in was well worth the wait. The three floors of mainly religious art were both spectacular and fascinating. It was also great to compare each artists’ view on the history of Christ from birth to resurrection. Amongst those artists were the Spanish El Greco and Goya, whose works we’d also seen in Toledo, and the Italian Raphael. In all it took us four hours to go through the entire exhibition. It would have been longer had one floor not been closed for renovations.
We walked back into the center of Madrid, having a 4pm lunch on the way. We wanted to see a movie to kill time, but the next session is not until 7.25 pm, so we keep walking to Plaza de Espana to find a shady spot and have an outdoor rest.
Armageddon was the movie we saw, with Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. It was a good movie, full of action and plenty of “America saves the world” cliches to laugh at.
When the movie was over, we picked up our bags from Josephina’s and waited downstairs for an hour until the Eurobus arrived. It was funny to see the looks from the locals we got, while waiting in the street. Considering how many homeless people there are in Madrid, you’d think we were a gang adding to the problem. You’d think they’d be used to the odd Aussie traveler.
After our first service stop, I took a sleeping tablet to get me through the long night’s drive.
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