More Madrid

Madrid's most outstanding attraction!

Madrid's big snowfall left at least 2 inches!

  

These large billboards are common along the highways.

 El Museo del Prado

St. Paul had it's Charlie Brown characters, Madrid has cows.

In the courtyard of Kyla's apartment



Madrid has lots of concrete but also some beautiful parks.

 Museo Reina Sofia - it has Guernica and lots more of Picasso's art

Exercise in the metro

 This cultural center was once a brick warehouse. The wall garden is spectacular!

Lunch at Jorge's office

Parque Guell

Designed by Gaudi originally as a private park

These columns support this open area with curved tiled seating wrapped around and a great view of Barcelona.

There are also areas for walking.

Sagrada Familia

The Temple of the Holy Family in Barcelona has been under construction for over 100 years.   They hope to finish by 2026 but there is a lot yet to build.  Antoni Gaudi spent 40 years on it.

 The controversial office building in the distance below has been nicknamed "The Suppository"

There is a real difference between the old part that Gaudi worked on and the newer construction.

 Gaudi designed the temple using models.   Many had to rebuilt and more added after his were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in 1937.
He figured out an ingenious method of strings and weights hung upside down to help engineer his innovative designs.