Took Friday off. Finished my thankyou notes to the patrons of the soc act brunch, returned my library books, bought sound-cancelling earphones, a charger for my ipod & 3 mysteries & a paperback history of religious conflict in Spain, visited the 3 shelters to talk about the coop (but only one of the 3 directors was there), dropped the car off at the collision place to get its dent repaired, and off we went to the airport.
S had found a remote parking lot that charged $7/day and was jammed (Wally Park, where I’d parked when I last travelled, charged twice as much & had many empty spaces). Flight was on time. I read Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (v cute) and must have slept some. We arrived – Madrid’s airport had us go up hill and down dale to get to immigration, but we had little baggage. We got to the hotel by maybe 9 AM – pouring rain—went out for coffee @ a nearby Starbucks, went for a walk (and got soaked by passing taxis running through puddles), but fortunately by then a room was available so we settled in and napped till 2 PM.
Had lunch – a VERY leisurely lunch—at the hotel. Quite nice and the quoted price -- € 32—included everything: wine, coffee, the cute little appetizers and post-dessert sweets, so S not unduly annoyed. By the time we finished it was 4:30 but nevertheless we set out for Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. I of course had plenty of time to go through the museum—Fodors quotes critics who say it has the minor works of major artists and the major works of minor artists. Steve, of course, found all sorts of paintings I’d missed – Hoppers & Bierstads and thought it might be the best collection of American painters in Europe.
We wanted something light for dinner – got 2 recommendations for tapas, but those places were jammed so we ate in a Cuban restaurant, came home & fell asleep till 8:30 AM (S slept through his alarm).
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