The next morning we decided to continue our tour of Madrid’s museums at El Museo del Prado, which displays older artwork. I thought that the museum was crowded last night because of the festival, but this one was almost as crowded. I don’t remember paintings in other museums being as colorful and vibrant as some of these works were.
Afterwards we walked through El Parque Retiro, a big park in the center of Madrid. The sky was a beautiful blue and Louie proclaimed it the most perfect day in the world, though almost all of the days have had excellent weather. We bought granizados, similar to icees and again watched the people walk by.
There seems to be a much wider variety of clothing styles in Madrid than most places I’ve been in the U.S. People match clothing items together in strange ways or wear bold and daring outfits. And of course they like to dress up a lot. I don’t think they even need a reason to get all dressed up and walk around.
Luckily I don’t think I stand out too much, but maybe that’s just the huge amount of tourists in Madrid. But at least it is better than Thailand and Mexico.
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