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A Day on My Own in Madrid

Dec 01, 2006 11:16

I slept in a bit this morning after having a late night. I managed to get out of bed by 10:30 though. I had planned all along to spend the day visiting two of the main museums here in town - The Thyssen and The Prado. The former had decent collection of contemporary art and a lot of impressionist items but I have to say, it just didn't engage me as ( Read more... )

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e_ticket December 1 2006, 20:18:22 UTC

SIgh. I spent HOURS in front of "Garden of Earthly Delights" and Picasso's "Guernica".

I tried to get to the Thyssen, the Prado, or the Reina Sofia at least once a week while I was living there. I loved having them within walking distance.

It's SUCH a great pedestrian city. I'm sooooo happy you're there and having a great time, and sooooo jealous I can't be too :)

kingfuraday December 2 2006, 12:05:19 UTC

Dave, I had no idea you lived in Spain? Was a nodding off in E_Ticket class again?

I'm going to head to the Reina Sofia on Monday (at least that is part of my plan for Monday). I still have a bit of shopping to do and Monday seems to be a good day for it.

Wish you were here to so we could wipe our gayness on the city together.

See you soon

e_ticket December 2 2006, 21:27:32 UTC

About a half hour outside of Madrid is a theme park called "Warner Bros. Movie World". I was on the opening team in 2002, directing a special-effects 3D show, and lived just off Puerto del Sol for about six or seven months.

kingfuraday December 2 2006, 22:18:24 UTC

Ahhh - ok, I saw a sign for it today and Mike and I had considered going but I guess it's closed tomorrow. We're going to a different park that has some interesting looking coasters and it's here in the city - not sure what it's called but Mikey would have the details.

e_ticket December 3 2006, 04:34:20 UTC

Yeah, I never went to that other park in the city, but heard there's a good coaster there. Otherwise, I think it's mostly "carnival-of-death" rides. :)

Movie World has a good woodie if you go, but otherwise their three big coasters are things you've been on before (some with other names): they have a Batman clone, a Deja Vu clone, and one that's just like Scream but called Superman. My show there is called "El Laboratorio de los Effectos Especiales", and features a 4D segment with "The Mask".

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