Reina Sofia

Our hotel is so swanky! Annie and I woke up and had our complimentary breakfast. It was stellar. We then hopped on a metro and headed to the Reina Sofia art museum.

There we saw some of Picasso's works. The most famous being "Guarnica". We were hoping to find a map with the most famous works in the museum because we were short on time. No such luck.

We left there around 11:30 AM. She went back down to the metro to go back to the hotel. She flew out to Barcelona to start her cruise. After un brazo, I was on my own.

I headed over to see the Cristal Palace. It's super pretty but on the map it makes it look huge, but it's not. I think they to get new map drawers. After that I continued through the Madrid Park. It is absolutely gorgeous. Next I went to the botanical gardens. Once again the map drawers did not draw the map proportionatly.

My next item on my agenda was to go check out Corte Ingles. We talked about this store so many times in business class. The store is HUGE! Absolutely incredible. They have everything from beds to a grocery store! I'm glad I made the effort to go check it out.

From there I went down to the metro. I have that system down now! It's super easy and only 1 euro (each way). Not too bad for taking me from one end of town to the other.

I re-packed my bag. I seriously hope it weighs less than fifty pounds. They charge $50 if you go over. Then I ate my sandwich I bought at Corte Ingles. I also watched a debate on BBC about housing situations in different countries. It cracked me up because we had this same discussion with people of the same backgrounds - Chinese, Spanish, American, Brazilian - in business class.