Today was supposed to be a relaxing final day in Madrid, and it was I guess, but for some reason I'm absolutely exhausted, both mentally and physically. Had a nice espresso to pick me up instead of my customary nightly cerveza. This oddly tiring day started in the morning at the Thyssen Museum, literally right across from the Prado, and compared to that behemoth, an easy collection to make it through. Time flew away from me, though, and I spent over 4 hours at the place, and probably only saw half of the galleries. I do like to take my time, but when I saw it was already mid-afternoon, I was shocked. And it was funny, when I suddenly realized the time, my feet and back started to hurt, and I was suddenly really hungry. So
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