On Friday we woke up early and went to the Museo del Prado, a huge museum that has a lot of classical art. It was really beautiful and I got to see Las Meninas, a painting by Diego Velazquez that I have loved for a long time. It was so cool to see a painting which I have been thinking about for years in real life. After that we went to a cute little cafe by Molly's house to have lunch and then back to her house for a break. In the afternoon we went to El Museo de la Reina Sofia which is a modern/contemporary art museum. There were a lot of works by Salvador Dali and Picasso in this museum which was cool, but I liked the Prado a lot better. After that museum we went to the futbol stadium and got tickets for a Real Madrid futbol game! We went to Molly's house for dinner again and then I went to bed early because I was exhausted from walking around all day.
On Saturday we went to the Mueso de los Artes Decorativos which is a cool little muesum with housewares from Spain. There was a lot of cool china there as well as fans, jewelry, and rooms which were decorated to show what different types of rooms in Spain looked like through history. I really liked the 17th century Spanish kitchen. There was also an exhibit of Japanese art at the museum, which was cool because I got to see some of the things I studied last semester in my Japanese Popular Culture class. Then we went to the Parque del Buen Retiro which is a huge park in the middle of Madrid. I loved it there! There were a lot of street performers and artists all over the park. There is also a huge lake there and we rented a boat and paddled around on it for a little while. After that, we stopped at a cute little restaurant in the park and had lunch and coffee. Then we walked across the rest of the park and went to the Mueseo Thyssen, which is a museum of a private collection with all kinds of art in it. There were a bunch of Monet paintings there, which I loved because he is my favorite artist. There were a bunch of other great pointilist and impressionist works by Degas, and other famous artists. I also got to see some more Picasso and Dali paintings.
On Saturday night we went to Molly's house for dinner again and then to the futbol game. It was so amazing to go to the stadium and see 50,000 people cheering for the Real Madrid team. There were so many people there but I was suprised at how calm they are. The only crazy fans were in the "superfan" section and they had flags, drums, and all kinds of pre-determined cheers. It reminded me a lot of the superfan sections we talked about in my Japanese Pop Culture class, but in general I was suprised at how calm the fans were.
Overall, it was a fun weekend, but I was also happy to come back to Murcia. I am looking forward to a relaxing week off from class before the real work starts on Monday!
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