Costa Brava Saturday

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March 27th 2010

Published: July 1st 2010

Saturday was more medieval towns and a stunning beach. I'm sorry to say I don't even remember the names of each town. But we took a picture of one town map so we know that one. Our main destinations were the Gala castle, where Dali's love of his life lived, and then on to Figueres to the Fundacion Dali. (this museum/theater is the largest surrealist object in the world!) And for beaches, we w... Read Full Entry

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Dali museum in Figueres

entrance to museum

Pat at Dali museum

a painting I like

view out window at museum

Dali's tomb

Ellen looking at Dali painting Gala

I use this painting in my art unit in 8th grade Spanish

bed

tapestry

you can see "persistence of memory" in this tapestry

Angelus display

Pat likes this painting (the original). We have seen it at the musee d'orsay in Paris and also the Gleaners. I guess Dali was fascinated by it and thought the people were praying over a dead child, not praying the Angelus.