Summer of Slow Travel

We walked to the Royal Palace today… on the way stopped into a lovely church. Wish I knew what was being conveyed here: But loved this statue Just last night I said to Max… La Maddalena had proportionately more tourists than we have seen in Madrid. Where we are is…

It’s hot here today, so we walked right to our park to exercise while it was still cool. Stumbled on all of this…. Somehow we missed most of the park the first time around! He was just really cute today! Love

Soralla is an amazing Spanish painter. There is a new exhibit at Prada talking about the transformation of Spain 1895-1910, and he has 3 large paintings in the exhibit. Maria Tracy had recommended we see his house which was made into a museum. A lovely and intimate way to see…

We tried to go to Toledo today. Left home at 8:45. Walked 7 minutes to Sol Metro . Started to get on the Metro, but really needed to go ANOTHER layer deeper to Avant and bought a ticket to the Main train station. WE arrived without a ticket— couldn’t buy…

We went to a Romantic Museum today. It was in an old palace and roughly set up with each room almost like a room in a house. All from early 1800’s. Portraits, jewelry, furniture and a ton of clock (I was going to blog on them). But the last room…

That’s what Karen calls shopping when we are on the Catamaran! Today we wandered over to the “real” (as opposed to tourist) neighborhood..literally a 5 minute walk. And found amazing food. If you have not heard my rant about America’s industrial agriculture complex please ask me for it next time…

We started our morning at the Botanical Gardens Which had an odd installation… no English translation.. though we tried G Translate. On to the Prada..No pictures allowed, except of this precious sculpture Fun street scenes tonight: Love, Barbara

Three generations of art collectors have made this museum a true gem. Bought, then donated all the art. Today was the opening of this exhibit: She won her first big prize at the age of 28 in 1932 Then was on the Republican side of the Civil War (socialists), was…

It’s Monday and we get to see something cool every day, Today was the Contemporary Museum. And one of the many Miro. One of my favorite people. We kept having people in Sicily tell us that the tourists are coming there because of the White Lotus TV Show. We watched…

We walked over to the BIG park this am Then sat in this church for mass. It’s so peaceful in another language. I assumed he was talking about love, forgiveness and healing our world. (And maybe he was) Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful men I know!