Madrid

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On Sunday we went to the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas for a bullfight. There were 3 matadors, each with their own picadores and banderilleros. Each matador fights two bulls for a total of 6 fights. Although there was a lot of tradition and theatrics, it’s still basically bullying a cow to death, so not something that needs to be experienced more than once.




The next day we spent the whole afternoon at the Museo Nacional Del Prado, which is considered one of the greatest art museums, and the most impressive collections of European art, in the world. It would have taken multiple visits to fully appreciate all of the works on display, but the highlights of the collection were Heironymus Bosch, El Greco, Goya, Velázquez, Titian, and Rubens. Sadly the Museum is very strict on taking photos of paintings but there were some people who found a loophole...


On Tuesday we checked out the Royal Palace of Madrid. One of the largest palaces in Europe, it has the Sabatini Gardens on one end and the Catedral de la Almuneda on the other, with a large plaza between the palace and cathedral. We checked out the cathedral which looks down on the plaza and the surrounding cityscape of Madrid.



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